Torricella Peligna - Torricella Peligna

Torricella Peligna is a center ofAbruzzo.

To know

Geographical notes

The town faces the Maiella, between the Sangro and Aventino valleys. It is 11 km from Taranta Peligna, 12 from Roccascalegna, 17 from Bomb, 37 from Atessa, 39 from They launch, 57 from Chieti, 66 from Vast.

Background

According to local tradition, the foundation of Torricella dates back to an exodus from the exiles of Juvanum, a Roman town near the nearby town of Montenerodomo, however, the first certain information dates back to the twelfth century when it was a fief of the Orsini and, later, of the Counts of Manoppello and of the Marquises Celaia of Chieti.

The country suffered destruction during the Second World War.

How to orient yourself

Neighborhoods

Its municipal territory also includes the towns of Colle del Ponte, Colle Zingaro, Fallascoso, Purgatoio, Riga Tre Confini and San Giusto.

How to get

By plane

• Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201. 

By bus

• Bus lines managed by ARPA - Abruzzesi regional public bus lines [1]

How to get around

What see

• Sanctuary of Santa Maria del Roseto (in the locality of Madonna delle Rose). The construction of the sanctuary took place in 1550 as reported by the architrave of the main portal. It has recently undergone a restoration. The Renaissance façade has a gabled profile with a convex sloping crown. At the center of the roof there is a bell gable. The façade is completely plastered and the only stone pieces are the elevation under the portal, the cornerstones, the bell gable and the small windows on the sides of the portal. The interior has a single room divided into two by two bays; one section has the functions of a raised presbytery, with the main altar made entirely of stucco painted in imitation of marble. In a niche there is a statue of the Madonna and Child. 
• Hermitage of San Rinaldo (Fallascoso district). It was built in front of the cave where San Rinaldo lived in the 19th century. The bell tower is made with a natural rock pinnacle and is made directly with the rock that supports the bell. 
• Church of San Nicola (in the Fallascoso district). It dates back to the 18th century when it was built on the ruins of a medieval palace of which a portal with an ogival arch remains on the main facade. The architectural style of the building dates back to the 19th century, when the church was rebuilt or restored after an unknown calamity. The main gabled façade faces the town and the bell tower towards the Maiella. Above the portal there are two single lancet windows. The portal has jambs with classic decorations. The interior has three naves with endonarthex. All the walls are stuccoed in the late Baroque style. 

• Church of San Giacomo. It is located in the upper part of the historic center, and is in Renaissance style. Nothing is known for certain about its construction. Partially destroyed after the last world war, the church underwent a drastic restoration. A tympanum crowns the facade. Three portals give access to the respective naves. The bell tower is decorated with a frame, the upper register is characterized by a single lancet window on each side. The naves are separated by pillars against which pilasters are attached. The stuccos are white and gold. 
• Church of San Camillo, Via Bellini. It is a privately owned church. The style of the facade suggests that it was built between the 17th and 18th centuries. The large window overlooking the portal is in Baroque style as well as the choir of the church. The façade has a gabled profile and angular red bricks. The crowning consists of a triangular tympanum. The portal is framed by pilasters. The interior has a single nave with a ribbed vault while the walls are stuccoed in blue and white squares. 
• Church of San'Agata, on the road leading to Roccascalegna (in the Colle Zingaro district). It was built immediately after World War II. The Saint is depicted on the lunette above the portal. 
• Persichetti Palace, Corso Umberto I. It is a three-storey noble palace built between the 19th and 20th centuries. The restorations after the Second World War have maintained the original style. The external walls are made with bricks in the rusticated style. The frames of the portals follow the piers. The cornice is slightly protruding. At the corners there are pilasters. 
• Fallascoso Palace (in the Fallascoso district). It has traces of sentry boxes at the corners. 
• New Source (along the Peligna provincial road). Monumental fountain built at the end of the 19th century near a natural water source. 
• Fonte Sant'Agata (in the Via Comunale Torricella-Roccascalegna near the homonymous church). Monumental fountain built at the end of the nineteenth century by the devotees of Sant'Agata. It is also called Source of the Sese - in Italian "Fonte delle Tette" - since the saint is patroness against breast diseases. For this reason, in ancient times the women of Torricella Peligna who had a poor milk production frequented this fountain and invoked the help of Sant'Agata. 
• Fountain of the Coste. This fountain also dates back to the nineteenth century and collects the waters coming from the source of the Coste. It has decorations with classic frames and stones depicting rosettes. The wash house was added in the thirties. 
• Rose Garden Fountain. At the Strada Comunale delle Rose. 
• Source of Purgatory (in the municipal road of the same name). In ancient times the fountain was used to wash the shorn wool that was brought to the wool mills of Taranta Peligna. 
• The source (on the Via Comunale La Fontana). It was built between the 19th and 20th centuries. It has rosette decorations and a mask. 
• Museum. Recently opened, it preserves finds from the Roman city of Juvanum, Ostrogothic material and an eighteenth-century mummy found during restoration work in the parish church. 

Events and parties

Exhibitions traditional of Torricella Peligna

• Epiphany. January 7. 
• Candlemas. February 4th. 
• St. Joseph. 8th of March. 
• San Vincenzo. April 5th. 
• San Pantaleone. may 22. 
• Saint John. June 24. 
• San Martial. 10th of July. 
• St. James. July 25. 
• San Domenico. September 10. 
• Sant'Emidio. 22 October. 
• St. Camillus. November 18. 
• St. Nicholas. December 19. 

Traditional holidays

• The Sant'Antoni. in January. 

• Madonna of the Roses. last Saturday of May. 
• Sant 'Antonio. June 13. 
• Patronal feasts. 8/9 August. 
• Sant'Agata, August 17th. 
• San Rinaldo. 27/28 August. 
• Parade of the Conche (August). 
• Parade of the chocolates of San Martino. November 10. 

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• Farmhouse "Il Vecchio Moro" (Contrada stozzo dei cavalli), ☎ 39 0872 987361. 
• Persichitti farmhouse, Provincial road Peligna (in Fallascoso), ☎ 39 335 1202252. 
• Troilo farmhouse (Contrada Collezingaro), ☎ 39 0872 969160. 
• Da Ciro pizza restaurant, Street of the Pensioners, ☎ 39 339 6868080. 

Where stay

Average prices

• Hotel Restaurant Capè, Via delle Piane, 50, ☎ 39 0872 969295, fax: 39 0872 966923. 
• Hotel Restaurant Il paradiso, Via delle Piane, 62, ☎ 39 0872 969401, fax: 39 0872 969401. 
• Fantini accommodation (Contrada Riga), ☎ 39 0872 969243. 

Safety

Pharmacy

• Porreca, Corso Umberto I, 2/4, ☎ 39 0872 969739. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• Italian post, via Bellini 4, ☎ 39 0872 969285. 

Around

• Bomb - The neighbour lake of Bomba, from whose southern shore you can enjoy a view of the Maiella, it offers tourist services such as camping, restaurants and farmhouses. Of artificial origin, the lake mirror over time has become of environmental interest.
• Atessa - The inhabited area winds on the top of a relief with a crescent-shaped plan. It boasts a historic center with city walls and gates dotted with numerous ancient churches.
• Casoli - The urban center, gathered around the ducal castle and the parish church, is perched on a hill to the right of the Aventino river, at the foot of the Majella.
• Roccascalegna - Its castle, located on the top of a rocky ledge like an eagle's nest, dominates the town; the small village, made up of a few low houses, develops at the foot of the fortress.
• Taranta Peligna - It preserves ancient churches and has areas of naturalistic interest such as the Cavallone cave, the Canosa Cave, the Acquevive, the Taranta Valley.

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