Montorio al Vomano

Montorio al Vomano is a metropolis and comune within the province of Teramo, within the Abruzzo region of vital-southern Italy. It is located within the herbal park known as the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. The discovery of the ruins of a temple devoted to Hercules attests to ancient origins of the town. It is assumed that gift-day Montorio al Vomano sits within the area of the old city of Beregra, cited by way of geographers within the classical age of Rome. Others historians and archaeologists agree with that Beregra became located extra to the north, near the contemporary city of Civitella del Tronto.

During medieval times, Montorio al Vomano skilled an vital period of boom and development. Records display the metropolis called Mons Aureus earlier than sooner or later taking over its contemporary name of Montorio al Vomano. In the 15th century, with the aid of decree of Alfonso V of Naples, the city become annexed by using the feudal country of Pietro Camponeschi from close by L'Aquila. By way of marriage, Montorio al Vomano exceeded into the arms of the Carafa and Caracciolo households, each from Napoli. Then in 1596 the Crescenzi family from Rome took manage of the city earlier than sooner or later ceding the location once more to Neapolitans, this time the Marchesi di Santo Spirito.