Fontecchio

Fontecchio
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	L'Aquila  (AQ)
Coordinates	42 ° 14 '  N , 13 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 13 '50 "  N , 13 ° 36' 24"  E
height	668  m slm
surface	16.88 km²
Residents	310 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	18 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	67020
prefix	0862
ISTAT number	066043
Popular name	Fontecchiani or Fonticulani
Patron saint	Blaise of Sebaste
Website	Fontecchio

Fontecchio in town

Fontecchio is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the Abruzzo region and the province of L'Aquila and has 310 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The municipality is located about 22 kilometers southeast of L'Aquila am Aterno and in the Sirente-Velino Regional Park and belongs to the Comunità montana Sirentina

history

From Roman antiquity there is evidence of a ruin of a temple to Jupiter, on the foundation of which today's church of Santa Maria del Vittoria was built. In 1703 and 2009 the community was damaged by violent earthquakes.

traffic

The former Strada Statale 261 Subequana (now a regional road) leads through the municipality from L'Aquila to Molina Aterno . There is a train station on the Terni to Sulmona railway line .

Personalities

• Girolamo Pico Fonticulano (1541–1596), architect

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

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