Tagliacozzo

Tagliacozzo
Country	Italy
region	Abruzzo
province	L'Aquila  (AQ)
Coordinates	42 ° 4 ′  N , 13 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 4 ′ 13 ″  N , 13 ° 15 ′ 20 ″  E
height	740  m slm
surface	89.40 km²
Residents	6,607 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	74 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	67069
prefix	0863
ISTAT number	066099
Popular name	Tagliacozzani
Website	Tagliacozzo
Market square with obelisk in the main town of Tagliacozza

Tagliacozzo [ taʎʎaˈkɔttso ] is an Italian municipality with 6607 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of L'Aquila in Abruzzo . It is located about 34 kilometers southwest of L'Aquila and belongs to the Comunità montana Marsica 1 .

Tagliacozzo is a member of the association I borghi più belli d'Italia (The Most Beautiful Places in Italy)

history

In 1268 the Battle of Tagliacozzo was fought near the town .

traffic

The railway line Rome - Sulmona - Pescara runs through the place. A train station is located directly in Tagliacozzo and in the district of Villa San Sebastiano .

Personalities

• Thomas von Celano (around 1190 – around 1260), chronicler who died in Tagliacozzo
• Andrea Argoli (1570–1657), lawyer, mathematician and astronomer
• Niccola Bedini (1801–1864), Catholic clergyman and bishop of Terracina, Sezze and Priverno
• Ermanno Amicucci (1890–1955), journalist and politician

Individual evidence

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 6, 2017 (Italian). 

Web links

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