Parco Regionale
Parco Regionale in Abruzzo
4 towns
Abruzzo holds 4 Parco Regionale sites inside our catalogue. All sit in the province of L'Aquila.
The three most recognised in our catalogue are Ovindoli, Pescina, and Castelvecchio Subequo. 1 more town carries the mark alongside them.
Ovindoli
Province: L'Aquila · 1,375 m
At 1,375 meters on the Altopiano delle Rocche, the closest serious ski station to Rome, working since 1959 on the slopes of Monte Magnola.
Pescina
Province: L'Aquila · 735 m
A Marsica town at 735 meters that lost five thousand of six thousand people in the 1915 earthquake, birthplace of Cardinal Mazarin and Ignazio Silone.
Castelvecchio Subequo
Province: L'Aquila · 409 m
At 409 meters under Monte Sirente, the Roman Superaequum and Franciscan station where the saint himself built a convent between 1221 and 1261.
Goriano Sicoli
Province: L'Aquila · 720 m
At 720 meters in the Subequana valley, the medieval village M.C. Escher drew in 1929 and a May ritual the folklorists trace to Demeter.
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