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6 Lanciano
VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information Chieti. * 35,000. V @
L’Aquila. n Nature Centre: n Piazza Plebiscito 50 (0872 71
Pescasseroli (0863 911 32 21); visit 91 27). ( Wed & Sat. ∑ lanciano.eu
the website for opening hours.
∑ parcoabruzzo.it Large parts of Lanciano’s old
nucleus remain from the Middle
Transport Ages. In the crumbling Civitanova
V Avezzano or Castel di Sangro, quarter is the 13th-century
then @ to Pescasseroli. church of Santa Maria Maggiore,
with a magnificent 14th-century
Horse Riding portal and a silver processional
Trekking is an excellent cross (1422). Also in this area is
way to explore more the now disused San Biagio
remote areas of (begun c.1059), near the 11th-
the park. century Porta San Biagio – a
Scanno
Sulmona rare surviving town gate. The
Duomo stands on the remains
of a Roman bridge dating from
the time of Diocletian. An
underground passage links the
bridge to the Sanctuary of the
MONTE
MARSICANO Eu charistic Miracle, where a host
and wine that turned into live
2,242 m
(7,356 ft) Lake Barrea Flesh and Blood in the 8th
Created by the artificial damming of the century are kept. The Ripa Sacca
J River Sangro, this lake is surrounded by (Jewish ghetto) was a busy
valleys and forests offering walking and
Villetta Barrea • commercial centre in the Middle
pony trekking. Ages – the period of Lanciano’s
greatest prosperity. The hefty
Lago di Barrea walls of the Torri Montanara
Barrea •
Civitella • were built then by the Aragonese
J Alfedena
as a bulwark against attack.
7 Isole Tremiti
MONTI Alredena
DELLA Isernia Foggia. * 400. g San Nicola.
META
n Via Perrone 17, Foggia (0881 72 31
41); Via Sant’Antonio Abate 21, Monte
MONTE Sant’Angelo (0884 56 89 11).
PETROSO ∑ lecinqueisole.it
2,247 m
Melfa
(7,372 ft) Off the Gargano coast, the
LA META Tremiti are the Italian islands
least visited by foreigners. San
2,241 m
(7,352 ft) Domino is the largest, with a
sandy beach and coves. Julia,
granddaughter of Augustus, was
Rava Dense Forests exiled here for adultery from
AD 8 until her death in AD 28.
Beech and maple The poet Ovid was allegedly
forests, dotted involved (see p509).
with black Santa Maria a Mare, in San
hornbeam, ash, Nicola, the administrative centre
The Camosciara is a hawthorn, cherry,
spectacular area, home wild apple and of the islands, is an abbey fortress
to many wild animals. pear, protect the founded in the 8th century. It
once persecuted was turned into a prison in the
bears and wolves. late 1700s, a role it maintained
until 1945.
Key Both the islands of San Domino
and Santa Maria a Mare are pop-
Major road
ular with Italians. The swimming
Minor road 0 kilometres 5 is good, though the coastline of
Walking path 0 miles 5 San Nicola is rocky.

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