Campli (Abruzzese: Chimblë) is a town and comune in the province of Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is located in the natural park known as the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").[3]
Campli
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| Città di Campli | |
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Location of Campli  | |
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| Coordinates: 42°43′34.07″N 13°41′9.92″E / 42.7261306°N 13.6860889°E / 42.7261306; 13.6860889 | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | Teramo (TE) |
| Frazioni | Battaglia, Boceto, Campiglio, Campovalano, Cesenà, Cognoli, Collicelli, Fichieri, Floriano, Friscoli, Gagliano, Garrufo, Guazzano, La Traversa, Masseri, Molviano, Morge, Nocella, Paduli, Pagannoni Inferiore, Pagannoni Superiore, Paterno, Piancarani, Roiano, Sant'Onofrio, Terrabianca, Traversa, Villa Camera |
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| • Mayor | Pietro Quaresimale |
| Area | |
| • Total | 73 km2 (28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 393 m (1,289 ft) |
| Population
(30 November 2014)[2]
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| • Total | 7,279 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Camplesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code |
64012
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| Dialing code | 0861 |
| Patron saint | Saint Pancras |
| Saint day | 10 May |
| Website | Official website |
The towns of Bellante, Civitella del Tronto, Sant'Omero, Teramo, Torricella Sicura, Valle Castellana are nearby.
During the 14th century, the composer Nicolaus Ricii de Nucella Campli was born presumably in or near the town.
The French captured the town under François de Guise in 1557 during his failed campaign against the Spanish in the Kingdom of Naples.
Every year since 1964 in the month of August, there is a celebration that goes by the name of Sagra della porchetta italica (Feast of Italian Pork). It is considered to be the first such event established in the Region of Abruzzo and one of the earliest organized in all of Italy. One highlight of this festival is a pork sandwich cookoff. The festival was founded by Fernando Aurini who was seeking to attract tourists and disseminate information about the town which once comprised a portion of the holdings of the powerful Farnese family. A practical tourist guide entitled "Campli" was published each year to celebrate this event. The Sagra della porchetta italica was an immediate success with crowds of up to 10,000 people attending in the mid 1960s.
From a beautiful sixteenth-century portal worked with diamond points and coming from the convent of Sant'Onofrio, you enter the interior, where a staircase of twenty-eight steps of polished wood and smooth begins the ascent of the penitent, religiously kneeling.
The staircase is completely surrounded by frescoes with motifs related to the Passion of Christ: while the ceiling is populated by images of angels carrying the symbols of the Passion, it is possible to admire on the right "Christ in the Garden of Olives", "The Flagellation" and "Christ Carrying the Cross" and on the left "The Capture", "Ecce homo", and the "Crucifixion". Some of them and the whole decoration of the ceiling are attributed to the painter from Teramo Vincenzo Baldati (1759 - 1825).
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