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POPULATION 1720
ELEVATION 830 mt

Cerchio is situated on the lower slopes of Monte Sirente where it has a beautiful panorama of the basin of Fucino.
Placed in the heart of the Marsica the town still has traces characterized by the town's medieval structure.
HISTORICAL FACTS
The town, devastated by the earthquake of 1915 has a  legend attached to it, presumably produced in Roman times, that states that Cerchio arose out of a small group of houses built on a nearby circus that the Romans built for the celebrations of the inauguration of Claudio, emissary of the ancient lake of Fucino.

WHAT TO SEE
In the parish church is conserved a silver cross from the Sulmona school that was made in 1484 and in the church of Sant'Antonio there are three terracorra statues from the 16th century.
The Museo Civico is particularly interesting as it is in a former Augustinian convent with sections dedicated to sacred religious art, ethnography, peasant culture, and craftmanship.

FESTIVITIES
14 May: Sant'Isidoro
26 Giugno: San Giovanni, San Paolo and Santa Lucia
August: Palio della Ruzica
1st September: Fair of Madonna delle Grazie

TOWNS NEARBY
Castel di Ieri
Castellafiume
Castel di Sangro
Sulmona


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