Scanno

Scanno
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	L'Aquila (AQ)
Coordinates	41 ° 54 ' N , 13 ° 53' E Coordinates: 41 ° 54 '7 " N , 13 ° 53' 4" E
height	1050 m slm
surface	134.34 km²
Residents	1,762 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	13 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	67038
prefix	0864
ISTAT number	066093
Popular name	Scannesi
Patron saint	Sant'Eustachio
Website	Scanno
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Scanno is an Italian municipality in the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo and is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy). Part of the municipality belongs to the Abruzzo, Latium and Molise National Park .

Scanno has 1762 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). The neighboring municipalities are Anversa degli Abruzzi , Barrea , Bisegna , Bugnara , Civitella Alfedena , Introdacqua , Opi , Pescasseroli , Pettorano sul Gizio , Rivisondoli , Rocca Pia , Villalago and Villetta Barrea .

The main line of business is tourism. Therefore the maintenance of old handicraft branches and old customs (costumes with lace making) is in the foreground of the activities.

The church of Santa Maria delle Valle dates from the 13th century and was heavily changed in the second half of the 16th century, including the facade.

literature

Roger Willemsen : The Abruzzo. The mountains in the heart of Italy. Art, culture and history. Cologne 1990, p. 89.

Web links

Commons : Scanno - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
^ I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed September 1, 2017 (Italian).

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

[2] I borghi più belli d'Italia. Borghipiubelliditalia.it, accessed September 1, 2017 (Italian).