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Anversa degli Abruzzi

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

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Eugenio PanichiAnversa immersa nella natura CC BY-SA 4.0
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Paul HarrisonAnversa from Gole del Sagittario canyon 2 CC BY-SA 4.0
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Gabriele D'Annunzio visited in 1905 and set his tragedy La fiaccola sotto il moggio in the ruined Norman castle, whose tall, thin remnant is the torch of the title. The village stands where the Gole del Sagittario gorge begins, its medieval core still intact. Until the years after the Second World War its workshops made majolica, and some pieces are on show on the main square.

Highlights

Gole del Sagittario nature reserve and its botanical garden (IT)
San Marcello, with a late Gothic portal and chestnut doors from 1468
D'Annunzio literary park, with a small museum inside the castle
Santa Maria delle Grazie, with its 1540 portal and 1585 rose window
The hamlet of Castrovalva, also within the municipality

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Anversa degli Abruzzi (IT), Anversa degli Abruzzi (EN)), Wikivoyage (Anversa degli Abruzzi). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Population: 312

Things to see

Events through the year

Feast of Saint Marcellus Religious · 16 January

Dates follow the traditional patterns in our sources: check locally before you travel.

Adapted from Wikipedia (Anversa degli Abruzzi). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Specialities of Abruzzo

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Ra BoeCampo Imperatore 2009 -Ristoro Mucciante Arrosticini- by RaBoe 014 CC BY-SA 3.0
ArrosticiniDishSmall pieces of sheep or lamb on a stick, grilled over coals
Popo le ChienSpaghetti chitarra CC0
Spaghetti alla chitarraBread and pastaSquare egg pasta cut on a wire frame, with mixed meat ragù
YozhMontepulciano d'Abruzzo Levorato CC BY-SA 4.0
Montepulciano d'AbruzzoWine
Giancarlo VetroneZafferano dell'Aquila CC BY-SA 2.0
L'Aquila saffronLocal produceGrown mainly on the Navelli plateau
Ra BoeSulmona 88 CC BY-SA 2.5
Confetti di SulmonaSweet
Nightrain83Ventricina vastesePublic domain
VentricinaCured meat

Adapted from Wikipedia (Cucina abruzzese). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to sleep

3 places to stay within 3 km

Hotels 1
B&Bs and guest houses 1
Mountain huts 1

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Thermal baths nearby

Thermal spa: Terme Alte · ~51 min by car

Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Nearby member villages

Bugnara · 5.8 km
Villalago · 7.3 km
Introdacqua · 7.9 km
Scanno · 12 km
Pettorano sul Gizio · 13 km

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