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Acciani, Villa Socciani, Castrum Beffi, Rocca Preturo and Villa de Sancti Laurentii. Knowing what the study of place names, the historical reconstruction aid, we will give briefly the meaning and origin of the names of local villages and town. Castrum Castrum Beffa Acciani and the first part of the name refers to the Roman castrum, castellum then, and even fortified citadel, bastion. Villa and Villa Sancti Socciani Laurentii: the first part of the name derives from the Latin villa, originally a country house, farm to farm and small settlement, then almost synonymous with country. Rocca de Preturo: Rocca - rock - and later the fortress on top of a mountain, town, born in the Abruzzo region voice from the 12th century.
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Archaeological Superintendence of Chieti, dated the relics to between the Republican and the first imperial age of the Roman Empire. Renowned Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli discovered old burial tombs and fragments of bucchero vases around the Church of San Lorenzo. The discovery by Antonio De Nino in contrada Vicenna of shrouds and an elaborate system of tunnels with evident traces of a mosaic floor near the ancient cemetery is enough evidence to testify that there was an ancient town located at Acciano (for lack of funds now, these excavations have been covered by soil until they can be best appreciated).
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Acciano (Hacciànë) was stabilized in 1028 as Accio. The name comes from the Roman noble, Accius, meaning "family farm Acció". Today the town of Acciano is made up of capital and the fractions of Beffi, Succiano, Roccapreturo and San Lorenzo. Onciari in land and fires counts made between the
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Many monuments of great artistic significance are present in the area including the discovery of a square structure of an ancient Italic-Roman temple as well as numerous pottery fragments scattered around it. The structure is located between the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie and the cemetery in
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topography of the land affected in its pre-eminent urban typology which lies on steep slopes to the left of the river Aterno. The history of the village is from the 14th century, when the arrangement of the walls, to the 16th century, given the reconstruction or rehabilitation of several buildings.
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Longobard still fortified houses of medieval origin. The historic center of Acciano, enclosed within the walls still exist, denotes the condition of a fortified village where access was gained through three doors: Porta Torrone, Porta Martino, and Porta of Aia. The
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Church of SS Peter and
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458:Further information:
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267:11/km (27/sq mi)
1058:San Pio delle Camere
612:Province of L'Aquila
382:Province of L'Aquila
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53:Panorama of Acciano
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1173:Categories
898:Montereale
833:Fontecchio
813:Collelongo
808:Collarmele
733:Cappadocia
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713:Capestrano
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663:Barisciano
514:References
388:region of
251:Population
1158:Vittorito
1143:Villalago
1088:Scontrone
1038:Roccaraso
1013:Rocca Pia
938:Ortucchio
653:Balsorano
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465:Monuments
433:Geography
424:Etymology
348:Saint day
283:Time zone
277:Accianesi
243:Elevation
1128:Trasacco
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1093:Scoppito
948:Pacentro
943:Ovindoli
863:L'Aquila
823:Corfinio
703:Canistro
688:Calascio
648:Avezzano
633:Alfedena
556:16 March
534:16 March
497:See also
487:L'Aquila
213:Frazioni
198:Province
1189:Acciano
1108:Sulmona
978:Pizzoli
963:Pescina
928:Oricola
908:Navelli
803:Cocullo
783:Cerchio
743:Carsoli
708:Cansano
678:Bugnara
673:Bisegna
643:Ateleta
623:Acciano
610:of the
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403:History
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384:in the
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372:Acciano
356:Website
273:Demonym
221:Beffi,
191:Abruzzo
175:Country
150:13°44′E
147:42°11′N
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1083:Scanno
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878:Lucoli
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668:Barrea
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607:Comuni
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186:Region
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390:Italy
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