Roccamontepiano, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo

This is a "comune sparso" (with no centre, made up of many small hamlets) on the slopes of Monte Piano and surrounded by forests, with townhall located at San Rocco.

Info

Altitude: 458 m a.s.l
Distance from Chieti: 25 km
Population: ca. 1800 inhabitants in 2010
Postal code: 66010
Dialing Area Code: +39 0871
Frazioni: Baroni, Cappuccini, Cinquina, Corsi, Fanatici, Francione, Giancamillo, Giancoli, Legnini, Liberati, Manicottelli, Moreto, Pilati, Pioppi, Pomaro, Reginaldo, San Rocco, Terranova, Tracanna
How to reach it: motorway: A25 exit Chieti; by road, SS 81 from Chieti.

History

On the site there was an ancient Lombard fortress, cited many times from the 12th to the 14th century. Colonized by the Benedictines at the turn of 1100, in 1765 it was destroyed by a severe landslide, and was rebuilt in a lower location. It was a fiefdom of the Orsini family, Bartolomeo di Alviano and finally the Colonna.

What to see

The remains of the Monastery of San Pietro a Majella.
The 18th-century Convent of the Caracciolini.
The spring of San Rocco, a popular destination because it is said that its water is beneficial in the treatment of skin diseases.

Events and Festivities

May 1st: Feast of St. Giuseppe
May 8: Feast of St. Francesco Caracciolo
15-16 August: Feast of St. Rocco, Sagra della Porchetta e del Cocomero (pork and watermelon festival), on the 15th during the festival a traditional sale of pitchers.
November 4: Feast of San Carlo.

Genealogy and Links

Surnames recorded in the 1990's in the white pages
People researching in Roccamontepiano
Newspaper articles on Roccamontepiano.

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