| Anversa degli Abruzzi | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Abruzzo | |
| Territory | Peligna-Alto Sangro Valley | |
| Altitude | 560 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 32.43 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 368 (2011) | |
| Name inhabitants | Anversani | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0864 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 67030 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | San Marcello (January 16) | |
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Anversa degli Abruzzi is a center ofAbruzzo.
To know
It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
Geographical notes
The village is located at the beginning of Gorges of Sagittarius. It is 13 km from Sulmona, 17 from Scanno, 33 from Peoples, 41 from Avezzano.
Background
In 1150 Antwerp and its present fraction of Castrovalva were given a fief to Count Simone di Sangro; the di Sangro family maintained the fiefdom with varying fortunes until the fifteenth century, when it passed to the Belpratos, a family with which Anversa reached its maximum splendor.
The plague of 1656 decimated the population, and the earthquake of 1706 destroyed a country in decline, so much so that in the mid-eighteenth century Antwerp was described as an economically irrelevant land.
In the 18th century, Antwerp belonged to the Recupito family until the end of feudalism in 1806; the end of the eighteenth century recorded an armed revolt of the inhabitants against excessive taxation.
The unification of Italy sees the territory affected by the phenomenon of banditry. The country also experiences a strong emigration.
How to orient yourself
Anversa degli Abruzzi: full screen map.Neighborhoods
Its municipal territory also includes the town of Castrovalva.
How to get
By plane
- Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201.
By car
Toll booth of 
former state road 479 from On the train
Sulmona station on the line By bus
Arpa bus lines [1]
Arpa bus lines How to get around
What see
- Norman castle. Ruins remain; housed the Triptych of Antwerp, then taken to the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, stolen in 1981 and replaced with a copy.
- The castle underwent a renovation and expansion in the fifteenth century on the pre-existing ruin of a tower of the twelfth-thirteenth century. Simone di Teodino together with Bear Castle of Pratola Peligna gave rise to a defensive optical alignment that divided the dioceses of Sulmona and the former diocese of Corfinio. D'Annunzio, visiting the castle with Antonio De Nino, set the tragedy "The torch under the bushel", a drama in which you can see elements of the Sagittario Valley, including the ruins of the Norman castle of Anversa degli Abruzzi.
- In 1706 the castle was severely damaged by an earthquake.
- The complex is structured by a set of architectural bodies including the strut tower of which some ruins remain and a parallelepiped block with later housing functions of the tower (15th century). The once existing crown has collapsed. The only sides of the strut tower are devoid of decorative elements, while the block intended for residential functions consisted of windows, in some cases framed by marble platbands, in other cases with balconies. The tower and the residential complex were connected by means of a projecting apparatus with corbels.
- Inside there was the Count's Chapel of San Michele Arcangelo which housed the Triptych of Antwerp, anonymous from the 16th century, from the Florentine school according to some scholars, from the Marche school according to others.
- The Park of the literary arts of Gabriele d'Annunzio, established in the nineties in homage to the poet from Pescara, a kind of museum inside the castle. Cultural conferences are also held annually in the garden, with a visit to the small museum which in the castle traces the historical events of Antwerp and the D'Annunzio period.
- The Park it also includes the staging of the poet's major tragedies.
- Houses of the Lombards (1480-1520).
Santa Maria delle Grazie
- 1 Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Piazza Roma. Its origin is placed in the sixteenth century; the portal, embellished with a frame with precious limestone high-reliefs, is dated 1540. The 1585 rose window bears the Di Sangro family crest and the Anversa coat of arms.
- The interior has 3 naves divided by cylindrical stone columns, with a rectangular apse that houses the statue of San Rocco from 1530 and a 16th century wooden tabernacle in the shape of a small temple, the work of the master Picchi di Pescasseroli .
- On the main altar was the Anonymous 16th-century Triptych of Antwerp (belonging to the Florentine or Marche school according to some studies), stolen in 1981; today the copy is on display. Originally it was located in the count's chapel of San Michele Arcangelo of the Norman castle. The subject of the triptych, a tempera on panel of modest size with a golden background and predominant colors of red and dark green, is theCoronation of the Virgin with Saints.
- 2 Church of San Marcello, Raynaldo d'Anversa course. It is dedicated to Pope Marcello I, patron saint of the town. Dating back to the 11th century, it was enlarged during the feud of Count Nicolò da Procida who had his coat of arms affixed to the portal.
- The facade is Romanesque. The portal is in late Gothic style inlaid with various elements; in the pointed lunette there is a Burgundian-influenced trilobe from 1472 depicting the Madonna with Child between San Marcello and San Vincenzo martyr.
- Of exquisite workmanship are the chestnut wood doors, the work of Nicola da Sulmona (1468).
- The internal walls had numerous frescoes, as evidenced by the recent findings of the extensive traces painted in the upper part of the back wall. On the right side after the entrance two frescoes have been found depicting Santa Caterina d'Alessandria and Sant'Antonio. Other fragments of frescoes are found on a wall of the staircase of the bell tower, but they are in poor condition.
- Church of Santa Maria ad Nives (9th century). The church is located one kilometer outside of Anversa degli Abruzzi, in the Sagittario valley. In the past, the monastery was annexed to it. At the beginning of the 9th century it was owned by the Benedictine friars from Volturno; then it was called "Santa Maria de Flaturno" and depended as a fief of the church of Santa Maria Appinianico.
- In the 16th century the convent was donated to the Dominican friars by the Belprato family who held Anversa degli Abruzzi as a fief in that period. In 1652 Pope Innocent X suppressed the monastery which passed directly to the feudal family of Anversa degli Abruzzi.
- The church thus lost its importance and was gradually abandoned; today only the ruins can be admired.
- In the years following 1652 the monastery was first used as a barn, then as a hospital in the epidemics that followed one another in Anversa degli Abruzzi; after the Second World War it was probably used as a shelter-bunker and then abandoned.
- Church of San Vincenzo. It is a few tens of meters from the town. It was built by the monks from the Volturno and had a cemetery attached.
- The Renaissance entrance portal consisted of a bas-relief depicting the Agnus Dei. Now of the construction, part of the walls remain.
- In 1333 a local friar was buried there, Pietro d'Anversa degli Abruzzi, bishop of Carinola first, and then of Valva.
- Porta Pazziana.
- Porta San Nicola.
TO Castrovalva(you see)
The town is located on a rocky spur that rises from the Cresta di Sant'Angelo.The ancient fortified village, which dominated the upper Sagittario valley and controlled one of the entrances to the Peligna Valley, has the characteristics of a settlement on a ridge where the use of stone prevails. In some cases the buildings are in a state of semi-neglect, however traditional architecture can be recognized. The building located on the end of the rocky spur seems to be, at first sight, the residence of the feudal lord but there is a lack of studies and documentary evidence in this sense.
In the village there are the churches of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Santa Maria della Neve and San Michele Arcangelo.
Archaeological areas
- Necropolis of Coccitelle. It is a necropolis located in the hamlet of Castrovalva of Anversa degli Abruzzi; is traced back to the IV-III century BC.
- This archaeological site consists of some caves of modest cultural interest and is located a few hundred meters from the road that goes from Anversa degli Abruzzi to Bugnara, Introduce water is Sulmona. These are the remains of 50 slab tombs most likely referable to pre-Roman peoples who, after the social war, were most likely subjected to Rome.
- The name Coccitelle probably derives from how the peasants call the slabs of the tombs. Many of the richest burials were of women; female skeletons with jewels and trinkets have been unearthed.
- Nearby are the Necropolis of Cava della Rena and San Carlo - Fonte Curato
- Necropolis of Cava della Rena and San Carlo-Fonte Curato. These two necropolises are near the Necropolis of Coccitelle.
- The Necropolis of Cava della Rena dates back to the III-I century BC. and is mainly composed of chamber tombs, inside which ceramics, bronzes and iron materials have been found.
- In the adjacent Necropolis of San Carlo-Fonte Curato tombs covered with slabs have been found, as in the other necropolis of Anversana Coccitelle, but dating back to the 4th-1st century BC.
- These excavations were brought to light by chance in 1996: like the necropolis of Coccitelle, it could be a pre-Roman population subjected to Rome during the social war.
Sites of naturalistic interest
- 3 Guided Natural Reserve of the Sagittario Gorges.
- Botanical garden of the Cavuto springs. The springs of Cavuto enter directly into Sagittarius. The botanical garden represents the last offshoot of the Guided Natural Reserve of the Sagittario Gorges near Antwerp. It is accessed via a descent from the same town which is also the managing body together with the WWF and the province ofthe Eagle.
- The botanical garden park was established in 1996 with L.R. 35/97 and hosts 380 plant species of which 45 are registered on the red list of extinction and conservation cries.
- The garden has a nursery irrigated by the Sagittarius and the Cavuto springs. The latter also feed a power plant. In the past, before the construction of the power plant, the famous ceramics of Anversa degli Abruzzi were produced.
- The park is divided into the following areas:
- inhabited rock garden (by the park keeper);
- aquatic plant area;
- visitor center of the reserve;
- springs of Cavuto;
- controlled water fishing area (park managers check that the maximum limit of fish that can be fished is not exceeded);
- riparian forest.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Average prices
- 1 Restaurant Bar Pizzeria le Gole, via Duca degli Abruzzi 55, ☎ 39 0864 49490.
- 2 La Fiaccola Restaurant, Corso Raynaldo D'Anversa, 9, ☎ 39 0864 49474.
Where stay
Moderate prices
- Ponte delle Fornaci, Location Ponte delle Fornaci, ☎ 39 0864 490026, 39 335 6676844, fax: 39 0864 490026, @[email protected]. Farmhouse
- 1 B&B Ephedra, Via Armando Diaz, 15, ☎ 39 0864 49494, @[email protected].
Average prices
- 2 The Gate of the Parks, via Fonte di Curzio (Farmhouse), ☎ 39 0864 49595. also with restaurant service
Safety
Pharmacy
- 1 Zitella Pharmacy, Via A. Diaz snc, ☎ 39 0864 49423.
How to keep in touch
- 2 Italian post, via Duca degli Abruzzi snc, ☎ 39 0864 49110, fax: 39 0864 49110.
Around
- Sulmona - City of Peligni, Municipium Roman, homeland of the Latin poet Ovid (Sulmo mihi patria est), capital ofAbruzzo in the thirteenth century, Sulmona is the reference city of Peligna-Alto Sangro Valley; it boasts an important monumental center and also links its name to the production of sugared almonds, already flourishing and renowned in the past.
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