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'Scurcola Marsicana' is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
It is located at the feet of Mount San Nicola, on the western rim of the former Fucine Lake.
The most ancient findings of human presence in the area date from the 9th-8th centuries BC.
The name has Lombard origin, and is first mentioned around 1150 AD.
In the nearby, in the Piani Palentini, was fought the famous Battle of Tagliacozzo between Conradin of Hohenstaufen and Charles I of Anjou. The city was also the seat of a massacre of the local population by the Piedmontese troops in the aftermath of the unification of Italy.
★ Church of ''Sant'Egidio''
★ Church of ''Sant'Antonio''
★ Church of ''SS. Trinità''
★ Church of ''Maria SS. della Vittoria
★ ''Castello Orsini'' (Orsini Castle)
It is located at the feet of Mount San Nicola, on the western rim of the former Fucine Lake.
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History
The most ancient findings of human presence in the area date from the 9th-8th centuries BC.
The name has Lombard origin, and is first mentioned around 1150 AD.
In the nearby, in the Piani Palentini, was fought the famous Battle of Tagliacozzo between Conradin of Hohenstaufen and Charles I of Anjou. The city was also the seat of a massacre of the local population by the Piedmontese troops in the aftermath of the unification of Italy.
Main sights
★ Church of ''Sant'Egidio''
★ Church of ''Sant'Antonio''
★ Church of ''SS. Trinità''
★ Church of ''Maria SS. della Vittoria
★ ''Castello Orsini'' (Orsini Castle)
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