Lama dei Peligni

Lama dei Peligni
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates	42 ° 3 '  N , 14 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 2 '30 "  N , 14 ° 11' 9"  E
height	669  m slm
surface	31 km²
Residents	1,134 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	66010
prefix	0872
ISTAT number	069045
Popular name	Lamesi
Patron saint	Sebastian
Website	Lama dei Peligni

Place in Lama dei Peligni

Lama dei Peligni is an Italian commune ( comune ) in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 33.5 kilometers north of Chieti , belongs to the Comunità Montana Aventino-Medio Sangro and borders directly on the province of L'Aquila . Part of the municipality is covered by the Majella National Park .

history

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Lama dei Peligni . It was located in a private house in the center of the village, the Casa Borelli . The first internees were from rival nations. In July 1940, out of ten internees, four were British , the remainder French and foreign Jews . These were soon replaced by other foreign Jews. Most of the internees (70) were in September 1942. One year later the camp was closed.

traffic

The former Strada Statale 84 Frentana runs through the municipality from Altino to Roccaraso .

Personalities

• Simone Lorenzo Salvi (1879–1964), Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop and abbot of the Territorial Abbey of Subiaco

Web links

Commons : Lama dei Peligni  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 216-217; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exil in Italien 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), pp. 71-72