Fontecchio
Sign in to saveFontecchio is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The small, medieval village is located within the Monte Sirente community and the Sirente-Velino Regional Park.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Fontecchio
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Fontecchio
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Fontecchio.jpg
- Italian comune.imagesize
- 240px
- Italian comune.pushpin_map
- Italy Abruzzo
- Italian comune.province
- (AQ)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- San Pio di Fontecchio
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- Dalla parte di Fontecchio - On the Side of Fontecchio
- Italian comune.mayor
- Sabrina Ciancone (since March 30, 2010)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 16.89
- Italian comune.population_total
- 401
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- December 31, 2014
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Fontecchiani or Fonticulani
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 668
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Blaise
- Italian comune.day
- February 3
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 67020
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0862
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Fontecchio is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The small, medieval village is located within the Monte Sirente community and the Sirente-Velino Regional Park.
==History== There is archaeological evidence of the Roman settlement of Fonticulanum down on the Aterno river. In the Middle Ages a castle was built on top of the hill and the population moved up there. The condottiero Braccio da Montone ("Fortebraccio") (1368–1424) tried and failed to capture the castle in the 14th century.