NAVELLI AQUILA ABRUZZO
The
town of Navelli is one of the oldest castles in the diocese of Valva,
attached to the diocese of L'Aquila August 29, 1424 by Pope Martin V in
order to quell the violent conflicts that have arisen regarding the
payment of tithes to the Bishop of Valva by citizens and the inhabitants of the comitatus Aquilanus.
The
country was founded by the inhabitants of several villages that,
because of the phenomenon of which developed in the Middle Ages (VIII-X
sec.) And dictated by strategic and defensive reasons, they decided to
come together in a unique castle high on a hill and
still on the plain, where they had arranged the villages, you can see
some of the medieval churches that belonged to the latter as the church
of St. Mary in Cerulis that once was part of the "Vicus Incerulae" and
the time of the Vestini was a temple dedicated to Hercules Giovio.
The inhabitants built a fortress with respective tower (transformed
during the Renaissance into a bell tower of the parish church) to escape
to in the event of danger and their homes around it.
Still
the country is divided into two parts: a medieval (in poor condition)
called "great beaches", as a great Piceggia, and the other Renaissance
(in the best storage conditions) called "Small beaches", by small
Piceggia. In 1498 it erected the Onofri palace in the great beaches area.
information site of the town
NAVELLI AQUILA ABRUZZO
Informazioni article by:NETWORK PORTALI, Pisa