Schiavi di Abruzzo

Schiavi di Abruzzo
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates	41 ° 49 ′  N , 14 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 41 ° 49 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height	1170  m slm
surface	45 km²
Residents	732 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	16 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	66045
prefix	0873
ISTAT number	069088
Popular name	Schiavesi
Patron saint	San Maurizio
Website	Schiavi di Abruzzo

Schiavi di Abruzzo is a municipality in the province of Chieti , in the Abruzzo region , in Italy with 732 inhabitants.

The name Schiavi indicates a historical settlement by Slavs.

geography

panorama

Schiavi di Abruzzo is 77 kilometers southeast of Chieti and 165 kilometers east of Rome and 37 kilometers from the Adriatic coast .

The place is located on a ridge of the Monti di Ferentani, a promontory of the Abruzzo above the border river to the Molise region , the Trigno. The neighboring communities are Agnone ( IS ), Belmonte del Sannio (IS), Castelguidone , Castiglione Messer Marino , Poggio Sannita (IS), Salcito ( CB ), Trivento (CB). The municipality extends over an altitude that ranges from 254  m slm on the Trigno to Monte Pizzuto with 1290  m slm .

Schiavi di Abruzzo is a member of the Comunità Montana Alto Vastese .

history

Schiavi di Abruzzo was probably originally settled by the Samnites since ancient times, before it became a Roman municipality .

Four kilometers south of the village, a pre-Roman temple complex from the 3rd - 2nd centuries BC was built in 1964. Excavated and partially reconstructed. The larger temple has a base on which nine steps lead up. The gable was supported by four Ionic columns that are now in the area. The smaller, partially reconstructed, temple still hides the remains of its mosaic floor. Numerous ceramic finds have been brought to the National Museum in Chieti.

population

year	population
1871	3,923
1901	4,094
1921	3,951
1951	4,450
1971	3,669
1991	1.965
2001	1,403

politics

Piero Paolo Sciarra (independent) was elected mayor in June 2004. The 12 municipal councils belong to three lists of citizens.

Typical products

• Schiavi di Abruzzo is known for its olive oil.
• The valuable white truffle is found in the vicinity of the village .

Regular events

• The Truffle Fair (Sagra del Tartufo) takes place in August.
• The Festa di San Maurizio is celebrated on September 22nd.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
2. ↑ University of Konstanz, Slavic Studies
3. ↑ Ekkehart Rotter, Roger Willemsen, Abruzzen Molise, DuMont Verlag, Ostfildern 2002, p. 300, ISBN 3-7701-6612-4
4. ↑ ISTAT
5. ↑ truffle (Italian)

Web links

Commons : Schiavi di Abruzzo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Schiavi di Abruzzo (Italian)
• Comunità Montana Alto Vastese (Italian)