This is a visit to do if you fancy celebrating National Catacomb Day in Abruzzo!
history
A new archaeological dig by Chieti University will begin in October around Penna Sant’Andrea’s Monte di Giove. The area was home to a necropolis that was used from the 7th to the beginning of the 2nd century BC
Listen to a TV or Radio show with an Italian in it and you’d almost be surprised if he wasn’t called Tony, but do you know why or about Saint Anthony Abbot
Castles & Archaeological
The Bourbons Last Bastion Against Unification: Civitella del Tronto
by Sam Dunham
Civitella del Tronto, a 16th century town that grew up at the time of the Spanish domination of the area, around the magnificent Bourbon fortress