Acciano - Italy

Acciano (AQ)

Abruzzo (Italy)

Today the City of Acciano consists Acciano Capital and the hamlets of blowing Boffi, Roccapreturo and San Lorenzo.
In registers and numerous fires Onciario made between sec. XV-XVI, respectively, are called: Castrum Acciani, Villa Socciani, Castrum Boffi, Rocca Preturo and Villa de Sancti Laurentii.
Knowing how the study of place names will help the historical reconstruction, we will give briefly the meaning and origin of local names of villages and the capital.
Castrum Castrum Acciani and insult the first part of the place name refers to the Roman castrum, castellum then, the place and also fortified citadel, bastion.
Socciani Villa and Villa Sancti Laurent: The first part of the name derives from the Latin villa, originally a country house, farm to farm and later small settlement, then almost synonymous with country.
Rocca de Preturo: Rocca - and later rock-fortress high on a mountain citadel, vocals born in Abruzzo from the twelfth century.
Beffe
Mock was divided into three villas: Boffi, San Lorenzo and juice.
The original condition of mockery was that of a fortified village in a strategic position.
Fact was an integral part of the new tower warden of the Exchequer defense that harnesses the territory of the eagle Capistran in Montereale.
The first significant piece of news is in 1185, when he was held for the third party by the son of Rainald of hoaxes.
In 1257 Pope Alexander IV put him on the border of the county eagle.
In 1294 King Charles II confirmed this royal land and the district of L'Aquila.
In 1360 we find him in the diocese valvense dimension: probably between the bishop of L'Aquila and in Valva there was often friction for possession of hoaxes.
Roccapreturo
In 1185 Rocca de Preturo was the fief of Walter, son of Jonathan Lord of Collepietro.
In 1355 they determined the territorial boundaries Beffi after a long dispute with the chamber Aquilani.
In 1360 the register of churches valvensi is mentioned Roccapreturo with five churches: Santa Maria, Chapel of San Sabino of hoaxes, San Nicholas, Santa Cecilia, Santa Croce and San Pietro.
In 1448 the hospital Roccapreturo goes to make the hospital Maggiore and all its assets.
In 1492 the inhabitants of Roccapreturo Beffi and regained the lost mutually agreed to water the animals a common well. between 1548 and 1567 there were many disputes for certain lands that universities and Roccapreturo Navelli contended.
In 1559 there was news of a hospital located in the premises of Santa Cecilia.
The feud belonging to Pietropaoli in 1591 was sold to Pace males who donated it in 1633 to Jerome Cappelletti of Rieti.
Acciano
The historic center of Acciano, enclosed within the perimeter walls still exist, denotes its original condition of a fortified village where you entered through three doors: Porta Torrone, Port Martin and scope of the aid.
The terrain has influenced prominently on the product type urban lies on steep slopes to the left of the river Aterno.
The chronology of the entire village goes from the fourteenth century., Date of the arrangement of the walls, to the sixteenth century. date reconstruction or rehabilitation of several buildings.