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Acciano
Abruzzovillage
Acciano
Total population
401
Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Acciano is a comune in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The small, medieval village is in the Subequana valley and is a part of the Sirentina Mountain Community.
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History
Many monuments of great artistic significance are present in the area including the discovery of a square structure of an ancient Italic-Roman temple as well as numerous pottery fragments scattered around it. The structure is located between the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie and the cemetery in the S. Lorenzo. The test, run by the Archaeological Superintendence of Chieti, dated the relics to between the Republican and the first imperial age of the Roman Empire. Renowned Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli discovered old burial tombs and fragments of bucchero vases around the Church of San Lorenzo. The discovery by Antonio De Nino in contrada Vicenna of shrouds and an elaborate system of tunnels with evident traces of a mosaic floor near the ancient cemetery is enough evidence to testify that there was an ancient town located at Acciano (for lack of funds now, these excavations have been covered by soil until they can be best appreciated). Various aristocratic families in Italy and Spain, such as the feuding Piccolomini and Scialenghi Strozzi families, rotated possession of the village. The presence of walls, towers (now destroyed) and doors bear witness to Acciano's strategic importance as the connection between the Adriatic and Rome, an importance it would bear for centuries.
Geography
Surrounded by green woods of oak, Acciano is perched on a spur of rock between the mountains and stones Bufame Fitte which offers views of the rocky ridges of Sirente. The steep slopes that surround the village frame the valley in which flows the river Aterno. The territory of the municipality varies in elevation from above sea level, a range of . The distance from the capital, L'Aquila, is about along the road "Valley Subequana". Sulmona is about away.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in Abruzzo
- Molina Aterno2.1 mi away · pop. 463
- Beffi2.4 mi away · pop. 42
- Goriano Valli2.5 mi away · pop. 146
- Secinaro2.5 mi away · pop. 480
- San Benedetto in Perillis2.7 mi away · pop. 145
- Gagliano Aterno3.6 mi away · pop. 314
- Navelli4.3 mi away · pop. 625
- Collepietro4.5 mi away · pop. 270
- Tione degli Abruzzi4.6 mi away · pop. 380
- Civitaretenga4.8 mi away · pop. 174
- Bominaco5.6 mi away
- Caporciano5.6 mi away · pop. 265
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics
- ISTAT code
- 066001
- Province
- L'Aquila (AQ)
- Region
- Abruzzo
- NUTS3 (2024)
- ITF11
- Codice catastale
- A018
Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • ISTAT — Italian national statistics (Elenco comuni italiani), via istat.it (official ISTAT code, province, region, NUTS3, codice catastale)
- • ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics — Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)