Casoli ( Abruzzese: ') a ''

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'' and

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in the

Province of Chieti The province of Chieti ( it, provincia di Chieti; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 50,770 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 387,6 ...

in the

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region of

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. It is situated on a foothill of the Majella mountain, at the base of which runs the Aventino River, tributary of the

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. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,901 and an area of .All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute

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. Casoli borders the following municipalities: Altino,

Civitella Messer Raimondo Civitella Messer Raimondo ( Abruzzese: ') is a town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy, with a population of 890. It is part of the mountain community of Aventino-Medio Sangro. Until 1863, it was known only as Civitella. ...

Gessopalena Gessopalena (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. Twin towns * Porto San Giorgio, Italy * Cupramontana, Italy * Sambreville, Belgium References
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Guardiagrele Guardiagrele (; Abruzzese: ; la, Guardia Graelis) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is in the foothills of the Maiella mountain at an elevation of around . Its population numbers ...

, Palombaro,

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, Sant'Eusanio del Sangro.

History

It was the ancient settlement of Cluviae, a city of the

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tribe that was the territory most probably conquered by

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in the 6th century. The medieval name "castri de Casule" was first recorded in 878 AD in the ''Memoriatorium abbatis Berthari'', a manuscript conserved in the

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. The village was controlled, in the fourteenth century by the

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, who fortified the Norman castle. Casoli became famous as part cultirale in the nineteenth century, when the Mayor Pasquale Masciantonio housed in the castle the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. In World War II, Casoli did not suffer severe bombing, because it was declared a "free city" for the displaced.

Main sights

* Castello Masciantonio: Norman castle of the eleventh century, with a tower and fortified ducal palace, which houses a museum. The room that housed Gabriele d'Annunzio is of particular interest for a dithyramb written by d'Annunzio on the wall, in thanks. *Church of Santa Maria Maggiore: It was one of the Orsini chapel (14th century), and later in the seventeenth century it became a real church. It has a rectangular plan, with a side porch, Baroque mold.

Demographic evolution

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Gallery

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Sister cities

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