Goriano Sicoli

Goriano Sicoli
—  Comune  —
Comune di Goriano Sicoli
Goriano Sicoli Location of Goriano Sicoli in Italy
Coordinates: 42°4′54″N 13°46′33″E / 42.08167°N 13.77583°E / 42.08167; 13.77583Coordinates: 42°4′54″N 13°46′33″E / 42.08167°N 13.77583°E / 42.08167; 13.77583
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	L'Aquila (AQ)
Area
- Total	21.75 km2 (8.4 sq mi)
Elevation	720 m (2,362 ft)
Population (1 January 2007)[1]
- Total	616
- Density	28.3/km2 (73.4/sq mi)
Demonym	Gorianesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	67030
Dialing code	0864
Patron saint	Santa Gemma Vergine
Saint day	11, 12 and 13 May

Goriano Sicoli is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

Goriano is a medieval town of about 600 people.^[2] A beautiful town on the top of a mountain in southeast Abruzzo (about an hour and a half east of Rome and near the Adriatic coast town of Pescara), it was made somewhat famous by M C Escher in his print of the town which hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

Italian historical documents reference Goriano beginning around 816, but local residents claim the town is early Roman and existed in some form over 2000 years ago.

Goriano Sicoli (literally, the Goriano of Sicily) lies at the south east end of the Comunità Montana Sirentina region of Abruzzo. This group of mountain towns includes ski resorts, castles, a Roman bridge, water wheels and rural churches. The region runs along both sides of the river Aterno, which flows from the regional capital L'Aquila to the Adriatic Sea.

References

1. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
2. ^ http://en.comuni-italiani.it/066/047/index.html