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Rocca Pia is a town of 183 inhabitants of the province of Aquila. Part of Comunità Montana Alto Sangro and plateau of Five Mile and the Majella National Park.
No shortage of accommodation, including the recent recall The Manor Hotel, an old barn now used as a hotel in 1500, renovated in 2005.Posto a gorge near Mount wheel among its monuments recall the medieval church of the Madonna del Casale, located just outside the town, a beautiful stone portal sixteenth century, the picturesque village also retains some historic buildings, including Palazzo Fidei, De Meis and Severus. Altitude: 1181 m asl - Distance from L'Aquila: km - Population: ca. 253 Inhabitants The country owes its name to Princess Maria Pia, daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele II, until 1815 was called "Rocca Dark Valley, and later Rock Letizia (in honor of Napoleon's mother). Feud Family Cantelmo the fourteenth century, passed in the eighteenth century to the touch. The first part of the settlement is developed around the church of S. Marcello (XI century). March 19 Fire S. Joseph and festival of pork rind and beans First Sunday of July Feast of Madonna del Casale with race "straight line" August Roccolani Week festival and lamb
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