Campli | |
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Location of Campli  | |
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| Coordinates:42°43′34.07″N13°41′9.92″E / 42.7261306°N 13.6860889°E /42.7261306; 13.6860889 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | Teramo (TE) |
| Frazioni | Battaglia, Boceto, Campiglio, Campovalano, Cesenà, Cognoli, Collicelli, Fichieri, Floriano, Friscoli, Gagliano, Garrufo, Guazzano, La Traversa, Masseri, Molviano, Morge, Nocella, Paduli, Pagannoni Inferiore, Pagannoni Superiore, Paterno, Piancarani, Roiano, Sant'Onofrio, Terrabianca, Traversa, Villa Camera |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Federico Agostinelli (Ind.) |
| Area | |
• Total | 73 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 393 m (1,289 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2014)[2] | |
• Total | 7,279 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Camplesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 64012 |
| Dialing code | 0861 |
| Patron saint | Saint Pancras |
| Saint day | 10 May |
| Website | Official website |
Campli (Abruzzese:Chimblë) is a town andcomune in theprovince of Teramo, in theAbruzzo region of centralItaly. It is located in the natural park known as theGran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. It is one ofI Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]
The towns ofBellante,Civitella del Tronto,Sant'Omero,Teramo,Torricella Sicura,Valle Castellana are nearby.
During the 14th century, the composerNicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli was born presumably in or near the town.
TheFrench captured the town underFrançois de Guise in 1557 during his failed campaign against theSpanish in theKingdom of Naples.
Every year since 1964 in the month of August, there is a celebration that goes by the name ofSagra della porchetta italica (Feast of Italian Pork). It is considered to be the first such event established in the Region ofAbruzzo and one of the earliest organized in all of Italy. One highlight of this festival is a pork sandwich cookoff. The festival was founded by Fernando Aurini who was seeking to attract tourists and disseminate information about the town which once comprised a portion of the holdings of the powerful Farnese family. A practical tourist guide entitled "Campli" was published each year to celebrate this event. TheSagra della porchetta italica was an immediate success with crowds of up to 10,000 people attending in the mid 1960s.
From a beautiful sixteenth-century portal worked with diamond points and coming from the convent of Sant'Onofrio, you enter the interior, where a staircase of twenty-eight steps of polished wood and smooth begins the ascent of the penitent, religiously kneeling.
The staircase is completely surrounded by frescoes with motifs related to the Passion of Christ: while the ceiling is populated by images of angels carrying the symbols of the Passion, it is possible to admire on the right "Christ in the Garden of Olives", "The Flagellation" and "Christ Carrying the Cross" and on the left "The Capture", "Ecce homo", and the "Crucifixion". Some of them and the whole decoration of the ceiling are attributed to the painter from Teramo Vincenzo Baldati (1759 - 1825).
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