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Abruzzo News: 6 November 2000

6 November/novembre 2000

MESSAGGERO - , by Federica Farda

Andrea Bafile, hero and gold medal of WW1, buried in a shrine in the mountain near Guardiagrele, was mortally wounded in a battle on the river Piave. A link between l'Aquila and Guardiagrele, he died for the freedom of the Italian nation. His tomb was an idea of Gabriele D’Annunzio in 1923: a cave in the Maiella overlooking the sea, a symbol of all Abruzzese victims in the war.

6 November/novembre 2000

MESSAGGERO - - Civita di Bagno - Ancient sanctuary found / Dagli scavi spunta un antico santuario, by Angela Baglioni

In Collina Moritola, just behind Civita di Bagno, a sanctuary has been found dating to Roman times, probably connected to water cult. Nearby a temple dedicated to goddess Feronia. There are terraced walls all the way upon the the hill, in the Roman "opus reticulatum" building style.

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