Casoli
Casoli | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Casoli | |
 The church and the castle of Casoli | |
Location of Casoli  | |
UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| Postal code | 66043 |
| Dialing code | 0872 |
| Patron saint | Saint Reparata |
| Saint day | October 8 |
| Website | Official website |
Casoli (
Majella mountain, at the base of which runs the Aventino River, tributary of the Sangro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,901 and an area of 66 square kilometres (25 sq mi).[3]
Casoli borders the following municipalities: Altino, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Gessopalena, Guardiagrele, Palombaro, Roccascalegna, Sant'Eusanio del Sangro. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[4]
History
It was the ancient settlement of Cluviae, a city of the Caraceni tribe that was the territory most probably conquered by Lombards in the 6th century. The medieval name "castri de Casule" was first recorded in 878 AD in the Memoriatorium abbatis Berthari, a manuscript conserved in the
Abbey of Monte Cassino
.
The village was controlled, in the fourteenth century by the
Gabriele d'Annunzio
. In World War II, Casoli did not suffer severe bombing, because it was declared a "free city" for the displaced.
Main sights
- Castello Masciantonio: Norman castle of the eleventh century, with a tower and fortified ducal palace, which houses a museum. The room that housed Gabriele d'Annunzio is of particular interest for a dithyramb written by d'Annunzio on the wall, in thanks.
- Church of Santa Maria Maggiore: It was one of the Orsini chapel (14th century), and later in the seventeenth century it became a real church. It has a rectangular plan, with a side porch, Baroque mold.
Demographic evolution
Gallery
Sister cities
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Casoli.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Istat.
- ^ "Abruzzo" (in Italian). Retrieved 1 August 2023.