Castelvecchio Subequo (also Subrequo and Subrego; la, Superaequum, ) is a ''
comune'' and town in the
province of L'Aquila in the
Abruzzo
Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...
region, central
Italy, at the feet on
Mount Sirente.
History
Ancient Superaequum was a town of the
Paeligni, one of the three which possessed municipal rights, and among which the territory of that people was divided. Hence it is mentioned both by
Pliny and in the ''
Liber Coloniarum
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'', where it is termed Colonia Superaequana. It received a colony of veterans, probably under
Augustus, to which a fresh body of colonists was added in the reign of
Marcus Aurelius.
[Plin. iii. 12. s. 17; Lib. Colon. p. 229; August Wilhelm Zumpt, ''De Coloniis'' p. 361.] The name is not mentioned by any other author, but several inscriptions attest its municipal importance.
After the conquest of southern Italy by the
Lombards, it was known as Onuffolo or Nuffoli, returning to its former name under the
Normans. It accrued its other name (originally Castelvetere, meaning "old fort") later in the Middle Ages.
It is on a hill on the
right bank of the
Aterno river, and about on the left of the
Via Valeria. Its territory probably comprised the hilly district between that road and the Aternus.
Transportation
Castelvecchio Subequo has a station on the
Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to
L'Aquila
L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...
and
Sulmona.
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Cities and towns in Abruzzo
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