- Luco dei Marsi
Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Luco dei Marsi-Stemma.png
official_name = Comune di Luco dei Marsi
name = Luco dei Marsi
region =Abruzzo
province = L'Aquila (AQ)
elevation_m = 680
area_total_km2 = 44.61
population_as_of =2005
population_total = 5811
population_density_km2 = 130.26
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|58|N|13|28|E
mapx = 41.924
mapy=13.426
frazioni = Petogna
telephone = 0863
postalcode = 67056
gentilic = Luchesi
saint = Madonna dell'Ospedale
day = last Sunday of August
mayor = Camillo Cherubini
website = [http://www.luco.it] |Luco dei Marsi is a
comune andtown in the Province ofL'Aquila in theAbruzzo region ofItaly . It is part of theMarsica .The town was probably founded by the Roman Emperor
Claudius to house workers in the drying of the "Lacus Fucinus" (Lake Fucino ). The name dervies from a nearby wood, "Lucus Angitiae", referring to a sorcerer of theMarsi Italic tribe.During the Middle Ages it was a fief of the
d'Avalos and then of theColonna family
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