Alanno
This medieval village rises among the hills between the Cigno stream and the left bank of the Aterno-Pescara river. The town plan is in the form of a fish spine, and most houses are in 2-3 storeys, without inner courtyards, according to the scheme of the fortified borough with high bastions in red bricks. In the early 20th century the populous little town had over 4300 inhabitants. The town has an ancient Istituto Agrario, which has a model farm near the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
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History The first mention of the name of the town is in an Act of 879 A.D.from the Chronicon Casauriense, where some lands "in casale qui dicitur Alanne" are sold to the abbot of San Clemente. Probably founded in the VI century and belonging to the monastery of St. Clemente a Casauria, had a number of different lords in the course of time. It received many privileges by Ferdinand of Aragona, but then in 1638 Philip IV sold the town to Bartolomeo d'Aquino for 9600 ducati. Then it was sold again to Massimo Caracciolo, the Duke of Castel di Sangro, and finally given as a feudal possession to Baron Marco Antonio Leognani Fieramosca, who claimed he was a descendant of Ettore Fieramosca. It suffered extensive damage in the awesome 1915 earthquake. Sights & Excursions
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