- Tagliacozzo
Infobox CityIT
official_name = Comune di Tagliacozzo
img_coa = Tagliacozzo-Stemma.png
image_caption =
region = RegioneIT|sigla=ABR
province = ProvinciaIT (short form)|sigla=AQ (AQ)
mayor = Dino Rossi
mayor_party =
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 740
area_footnotes =
area_total_km2 = 89.41
population_footnotes =
population_as_of = 01-01-2007 "(ISTAT)"
population_total = 6820
pop_density_footnotes =
population_density_km2 = 76.28
coordinates = coord|42|4|13|N|13|15|20|E|region:IT_type:city(6820)
gentilic = Tagliacozzani
telephone = 0863
postalcode = 67069
frazioni = Colle San Giacomo, Gallo, Nuovo Borgo Rurale, Oriente, Poggetello, Poggio Filippo, Roccacerro, San Donato di Tagliacozzo, Sfratati, Sorbo, Tremonti, Villa San Sebastiano
saint =St Peter
day =13 June
mapx = #expr:42 + 4 / 60.0
mapy = #expr:13 + 15 / 60.0
locator_position =
native_name = Tagliacozzo
name = Tagliacozzo
website = http://www.comune.tagliacozzo.aq.it/Tagliacozzo is a town and commune in
Italy , in the region ofAbruzzo .History
Near the modern city was fought the
Battle of Tagliacozzo betweenConradin of Hohenstaufen andCharles I of Anjou .Main sights
*The "Palazzo Ducale" (Ducal Palace), built by Roberto Orsini.
*The Convent of St. Francis, housing the tomb ofTommaso da Celano .
*"Museo Orientale", with collections of Egyptian, Ethiopian and Eastern findings.
*Sanctuary of "Maria Santissima dell'Oriente", on a hill 3 km from the town. It is cited as early as 14th century.Important people
Andrea Argoli (Tagliacozzo 1570 -Padua 1657)Frazioni
Tagliacozzo's frazioni (wards) are: Colle San Giacomo, Gallo, Nuovo Borgo Rurale, Oriente, Poggetello, Poggio Filippo, Roccacerro, San Donato di Tagliacozzo, Sfratati, Sorbo, Tremonti, Villa San Sebastiano.
Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.avistagliacozzo.it/ sito AVIS di Tagliacozzo (Italian website about blood donors)]
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