| Collarmele | ||
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| State | Italy | |
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| Region | Abruzzo | |
| Territory | Marsica | |
| Altitude | 835 m a.s.l. | |
| Surface | 23.94 km² | |
| Inhabitants | 902 (2015) | |
| Name inhabitants | Collarmelesi | |
| Prefix tel | 39 0863 | |
| POSTAL CODE | 67040 | |
| Time zone | UTC 1 | |
| Patron | Santa Felicita | |
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Collarmele is a city of Marsica, subregion ofAbruzzo.
To know
On Mount Coppetella overlooking the Marsican town there is one of the most important wind farms in Italy. It is part of the Authentic Villages of Italy.
Geographical notes
The town is located on the slopes of the Sirente-Velino mountain range. It marks the north-east boundary between Marsica fucense and Valle del Giovenco with Valle Subequana, accessible beyond the Forca Ferrata Caruso pass and passing the Forca Caruso pass (1100 meters above sea level). Its territory falls within the boundaries of the Sirente-Velino Regional Natural Park.
When to go
Summer is the best time to visit Collarmele, the medieval tower and the numerous paths that lead to the protected area of Sirente-Velino.
Background
The ancient Cerfennia was an "Oppidum", in the local Safina language "Ocres", that is a fortified town of the Marsi along the ancient Via Valeria. Legend has it that the next medieval village, known at the time as Collis Armelis, or "the old hill", was formed by the survivors of the disappeared Cerfennia who chose the current place to build the new urban agglomeration. In 1806, the year of the abolition of the fiefdoms, Collarmele was administratively aggregated to Pescina and from 1811 to Circle. It was in 1816 that the town gained municipal autonomy. In 1915 the old village was completely destroyed by the Marsica earthquake which caused numerous victims. The Marsican town has been reborn thanks to the industriousness of its inhabitants.
How to orient yourself
Collarmele: full screen map.How to get
By plane
- Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina, Km 229,100 Pescara (It is about 101 kilometers away), ☎ 39 085 4324201, ☎ 39 899 130 310, fax: 39 085 4324207, @[email protected].
- Rome Ciampino Airport, Via Appia Nuova, 1651 Ciampino-Rome (It is about 125 kilometers away), ☎ 39 06 65951, @[email protected].
- Rome Fiumicino Airport, Via dell 'Fiumicino Airport, 320 Fiumicino-Rome (It is about 151 km away), ☎ 39 06 65951, @[email protected].
By car
The town is not far from the Aielli-Celano and Pescina motorway exits located along the A25 motorway Rome-Avezzano-Pescara and reachable through the Strada Statale 5 Via Tiburtina Valeria. Another important road artery is the Strada Statale 83 Marsicana which connects the Marsica to the area of national park of Abruzzo.
On the train
The Collarmele railway station is located along the Rome-Pescara railway line.
By bus
Bus lines managed by TUA bus lines (the only Abruzzese transport company - ex Arpa) [1]
Bus lines managed by TUA bus lines (the only Abruzzese transport company - ex Arpa) How to get around
What see
- 1 [link not working]Collarmele Tower, Via Marinacci (Urban centre), ☎ 39 0863 78126, fax: 39 0863 789331, @[email protected]. Dating back to the Norman period, the tower is 18.45 meters high with a diameter of 9.60. Its position to the south with respect to the current center is not causal, but respects a plane of alignment with the nearby tower of Aielli, the Piccolomini castle of Celano and other cylindrical towers present around the former bed of the Fucino, in particular the towers of Venere dei Marsi di Pescina, Ortona dei Marsi and that of the uninhabited village of Sperone on the heights of Joy of the Marsi.
- 2 wind farm, Mount Coppetella (North east of the country), ☎ 39 0861 396225, fax: 39 0861 396225, @[email protected]. On the mountain overlooking the Marsican town there is one of the most important wind farms in Italy. The wind farm allows the production of "clean energy" through the wind power plant equipped with some wind turbines.
Events and parties
What to do
Shopping
How to have fun
Where to eat
Where stay
Safety
- 1 Riccitelli Pharmacy, Central Square, 3, ☎ 39 0863 78689.
How to keep in touch
Post office
- Italian post, Tiburtina Valeria snc state road, ☎ 39 0863 78146.
Around
- Sirente-Velino Regional Natural Park
- Giovenco Valley
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Collarmele
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