Calascio
Sign in to saveCalascio is a comune and village in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Calascio
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Calascio
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Calascio und Rocca Calascio.JPG
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Calascio-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Abruzzo
- Italian comune.province
- L'Aquila (AQ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Rocca Calascio
- Italian comune.mayor
- Ludovico Marinacci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 39.47
- Italian comune.population_total
- 136
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2013
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Calascini
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 1210
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Nicholas
- Italian comune.day
- 9 May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 67020
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0862
- Italian comune.website
- www.calascio.net
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Calascio is a comune and village in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.
== History == thumb|left|270px|Rocca Calascio The existence of the village, of Norman origin, is already testified from 816 in a document of Ludwig I as a possession of the "Volturnensi" monks. Later, around the year 1000, it was founded the fortress on the mountain above, originally a simple watchtower. In four the fortress grew in importance and size: moved from Barony of Carapelle (14th century), the Piccolomini family (15th century) and then to the Medici family (16th century), was placed under control of the chiefs of sheep involved in transhumance on the director of the Royal sheep track to Foggia. The structure of the castle was modified and expanded to its slopes and formed a small village, which is also perched.