Popoli (PE) - Abruzzo

It is one of the oldest protected areas in Abruzzo, thanks above all to its rivers and the Oriented Nature Reserve of the Pescara Springs... #tuttitaly

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Popoli rises between the Majella National Park and the Gran Sasso National Park. Remarkable landscape attractions characterize the small town with 4 831 inhabitants, thanks above all to its rivers and the Oriented Natural Reserve of the springs of Pescara.

Some archaeological finds found in Svolte di Popoli and San Callisto testify to settlements of the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Until approximately 800 AD, the town was called Pagus Fabianus.

"Pagus" is the term that indicates the village of wooden huts that stood in control of the mountain gorges.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, the village was sacked repeatedly by the vandals and the Saracens. There was no news of it until the ninth century when the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria was founded, which owned the fief near which was built the castle with a pentagonal control tower to guard the valley. The village was mentioned as Castrum Pauperum. This name has been popularized over the centuries up to the current Popoli.

In 1927 the province of Pescara was established, and Popoli was annexed to the new territory, remaining on the border with Sulmona in the region of L'Aquila.

In 1933, the earthquake that hit Majella caused damage to towns in the Peligna area, including Popoli.

During the Second World War, the Royal Air Force bombed the town. Despite this, Popoli rose from the various disasters suffered and developed to the industrial level in the years of the economic boom.

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