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MONTEFINO

Province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy

Named after the river Fino, which flows below the hill where this small centre rises, when the previous name of Montesecco was discarded.

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Altitude: 352 m a.s.l -- Distance from Teramo: 38 km -- Population: ca. 1300 inhabitants -- Zip code: -- Phone Area Code: 0861 -- How to reach it:
- road: S.N. 81 from Teramo or Penne

arrowHistory

The first information on this centre date back to the late Middle Ages, when it was a fortified citadel, a guarding post over the Fino river valley. Later on it belonged to the Acquavivas.

arrowSights & Excursions

  • The medieval walls (remains)
  • Church of St. Giacomo, with its high belltower

arrowEvents & Festivities

  • Holy Friday: Representation of the Passion
  • 16 July: Feast of the Madonna del Carmine
  • First Sunday in September: Feast of the Madonna delle Grazie

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