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minor temple.jpgAltitude 1172 meters
Population 1730
City hall phone number: 0873 979366



Historical information
The Schiavi d’Abruzzo area, east of the confluence of the Sente into the Trigno, a river which comprises the natural and administrative boundary with Molise, covers 45.28 km_ and reaches its highest point on the peak of Mount Pizzuto (1290 m).
It has a typically mountainous morphology, varying from 600 to 1200 metres above sea level. The area is still characterised by small, sparse settlements, based on the ancient pagus / vicus system used by the Italic populations that settled in the Apennine/Adriatic districts of the peninsula. Schiavi’s old town still resembles a hill settlement (1172 m), which is naturally fortified and centred around the mother church of San Maurizio.
The boundaries of the mediaeval settlement, defended to the north by a small fort that has now been encompassed into modern structures, remained more or less unchanged until the second half of the 19th century, when the town began to expand downhill.

WHAT TO SEE
-The outdoor museum

FESTIVALS
22nd sept. Festa di San Maurizio
 
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