- Scurcola Marsicana
Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Scurcola Marsicana-Stemma.png
official_name = Comune di Scurcola Marsicana
name=Scurcola Marsicana
region =Abruzzo
province = L'Aquila (AQ)
elevation_m = 700
area_total_km2 = 30.02
population_as_of =2005
population_total = 2669
population_density_km2 =88.91
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|42|03|51|N|13|20|24|E
mapx=42.05
mapy=13.33
frazioni = Cappelle dei Marsi
telephone = 0863
postalcode = 67068
gentilic = Scurcolani
saint =St. Anthony of Padua ,St. Vincent Ferrer
day =June 13
mayor = | website = [http://www.scurcola.it/ www.scurcola.it]Scurcola Marsicana is a
comune andtown in the Province ofL'Aquila in theAbruzzo region ofItaly .It is located at the feet of Mount San Nicola, on the western rim of the former
Fucine Lake .History
The most ancient findings of human presence in the area date from the 9th-8th centuries BC.
The name is of Lombard origin, and is first mentioned around 1150 AD.
In the nearby, in the Piani Palentini, was fought the famous
Battle of Tagliacozzo betweenConradin ofHohenstaufen andCharles I of Anjou . The city was also the seat of a massacre of the local population by the Piedmontese troops in the aftermath of theunification of Italy .Main sights
*Church of "Sant'Egidio"
*Church of "Sant'Antonio"
*Church of "SS. Trinità"
*Church of "Maria SS. della Vittoria
*"Castello Orsini" (Orsini Castle)
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