Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Province
- L'Aquila (AQ)
- Frazioni
- Petogna
- Mayor
- Marivera De Rosa (Luco nel cuore per il bene comune)
- Total
- 44.87 km (17.32 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 680 m (2,230 ft)
- Density
- 134.8/km (349.0/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Luchesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0863
- Patron saint
- Madonna dell'Ospedale
Article
Luco dei Marsi is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central-eastern Italy. It is part of the Marsica.
The town was probably founded by the Roman Emperor Claudius to house workers in the drying of the Lacus Fucinus (Lake Fucino). The name derives from a nearby wood, Lucus Angitiae, "Sacred Grove of Angitia", referring to a divine sorceress of the Marsi Italic tribe.