Caramanico Terme

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Caramanico Terme-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Caramanico Terme
name=Caramanico Terme
region = Abruzzo
mapx = 42.15
mapy = 14
province = Pescara (PE)
elevation_m = 650
area_total_km2 = 84.55
population_as_of = 2007
population_total = 2069
population_density_km2 =24.47
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|42|09|00|N|14|0|00|E
frazioni = De Contra, San Nicolao, San Tommaso, San Vittorino, Santa Croce, Sant'Elia, Scagnano
telephone = 085
postalcode = 65023
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Caramanico Terme is a comune and town in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy

Geography

Caramanico Terme is Situated at 700mt. a.s.l. near the confluence of the Orfento and Orta rivers, on a hilltop between the Monte Morrone and the Majella mountains. [http://www.abruzzo2000.com/abruzzo/pescara/caramanico.htm]

History

The town takes its name from either cara, meaning rock, or from arimannia, a lombard establishment in the late Middle Ages. Then the name Terme was added in 1960 because of the presence of a spa nearby. The present settlement is recorded since lombard times. Then it underwent a remarkable development in the XIV-XV centuries, under the D'Aquino family, and in that period many important monuments were built. In 1706 a terrible earthquake nearby destroyed the town.

ites

* Church of S. Maria Maggiore (XV century)
* Church of St. Tommaso, founded in the 12th century in honor of Thomas of Canterbury.