Balsorano
Sign in to saveBalsorano (Marsicano: '') is a comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The comune, situated in the Valle Roveto, south of Marsica marks the geographical border between the regions Abruzzo and Lazio. The comune is divided into Balsorano Vecchio, located on the slopes at high altitude of the Monte Cornacchia (mountain range of the Monti Ernici almost completely abandoned after the 1915 Avezzano earthquake and the new urban centre built further down the valley, Balsorano Nuovo. The territory of the comune is crossed by the Liri borders south
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Balsorano
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Balsorano
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Castello Piccolomini di Balsorano.png
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Balsorano-Stemma2.png
- Italian comune.region
- Abruzzo
- Italian comune.province
- L'Aquila (AQ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Balsorano Vecchio, Case Marconi, Case Alfonsi, Collecastagno, Collepiano, Le Fosse, Pelagalli, Ridotti, Noce Grande, La Selva, Vigne Cerase
- Italian comune.mayor
- Antonella Buffone
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 340
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 58.85
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1° January 2025
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3.234
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Balsoranesi
- Italian comune.saint
- St. George Martyr
- Italian comune.day
- 23 April
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 67052.
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0863
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Balsorano (Marsicano: '') is a comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The comune, situated in the Valle Roveto, south of Marsica marks the geographical border between the regions Abruzzo and Lazio. The comune is divided into Balsorano Vecchio, located on the slopes at high altitude of the Monte Cornacchia (mountain range of the Monti Ernici almost completely abandoned after the 1915 Avezzano earthquake and the new urban centre built further down the valley, Balsorano Nuovo. The territory of the comune is crossed by the Liri borders south with Sora, north with San Vincenzo Valle Roveto and at east with some areas of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. == History == Balsorano is mentioned for the first time in the 10th century. During the Middle Ages and modern era, it was held by the Piccolomini baronial family.
==Main sights== Piccolomini castle: The castle was built by Antonio Piccolomini, nephew of pope Pius II, in 1460. Now it is a hotel and it has been used as location for several Italian movies.