Introdacqua
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
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The name comes from inter aquas, 'among the waters', and the village rises on a hill where the Contra and Sant'Antonio valleys meet, below Monte Genzana in the Valle Peligna. A square 12th-century tower crowns the old castle quarter. At Easter crowds gather for the Madonna che vèle, when a statue of Mary runs to meet her risen son.
Highlights
- The 12th-century square tower ringed by polygonal walls
- Palazzo Trasmondi, refuge of the humanist Giovanni Quatrario, friend of Petrarch
- Fontavecchia, the 1706 fountain that long supplied the whole village
- Fuochi di Sant'Antonio, street bonfires and feasting on 17 January
- Festa del Sole: the solstice sunrise over the Maiella from Monte Plaia
Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.
Population: 1,939
Things to see
- Keep of Introdacqua (IT)
Travel guide (Wikivoyage)
Introdacqua is a town in the Italian Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region. Notable structures include the city's castle dating from the 1200s, as well as the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The main church was built between 1474 and around 1510. A mansion called the Palazzo del Barone was built in the 1400s which is today open to the public accompanied by a museum. The Palazzo Trasmondi is another notable structure. A Jewish quarter with synagogues remains in the city, dating from the 1500s.
Nearby member villages
- Bugnara · 3.6 km
- Pettorano sul Gizio · 6.2 km
- Anversa degli Abruzzi · 7.9 km
- Pacentro · 8.9 km
- Villalago · 9.3 km