Peligna-Alto Sangro Valley is an area ofAbruzzo in Italy.
To know
Geographical notes
It extends into the Peligna valley, which derives its name from the ancient Italic population of the Peligni, and has as its main center the city of Sulmona. It borders to the west with the Marsica, south with the Molise, to the east with the Frentano-Alto Vastese, north with Vestina ed Aquilano.
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- 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.
- Anversa degli Abruzzi
- Castel di Sangro - It was a Roman city, then a fief of the Borrello family; the ruins of the medieval castle and the nearby megalithic walls testify to the past greatness of port of Abruzzo.
- Corfinio
- Introduce water
- Scanno
Other destinations
How to get
By plane
- Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201.
By car
The A25 motorway Rome-Pescara it affects the territory crossing it from west to east and serves it with the toll booths of Sulmona-Pratola Peligna and of Cocullo.
The A25 motorway On the train
The railway junction of the area is the station of Sulmona, second railway junction ofAbruzzo in importance after that of Pescara. It is located on the railway lines:
By bus
The cities of the Peligna Valley are connected to each other and to the main cities of theAbruzzo and of the finitime regions through bus lines of the company ARPA - Abruzzesi regional public bus lines [1]
The cities of the Peligna Valley are connected to each other and to the main cities of theHow to get around
What see
What to do
At the table
Safety
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Peligna-Alto Sangro Valley
