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Assergi is a frazione of the comune of L'Aquila, located about from the capital. With a population of just over 500, it is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,000 meters, below the western slope of the Gran Sasso in a small plain called the Piana di Assergi (Plain of Assergi). Assergi was formerly included in the comune of Camarda, which is directly to its south.

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  • History
  • Monuments and places of interest
  • Old town
  • Church of [[Santa Maria Assunta, Assergi|Santa Maria Assunta]]
  • Convent of Santa Maria in Valle
  • Fonte Cerreto
  • San Pietro della Jenca
  • Climate
  • References
  • See also

Assergi is a frazione of the comune of L'Aquila, located about from the capital. With a population of just over 500, it is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,000 meters, below the western slope of the Gran Sasso in a small plain called the Piana di Assergi (Plain of Assergi). Assergi was formerly included in the comune of Camarda, which is directly to its south.

Assergi is located entirely within the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, and also contains the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, a national laboratory of nuclear physics. Also in Assergi is the base of the Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia, a cable car that leads to the Campo Imperatore.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Assergi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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