Tourist attractions Castelli

This national park, founded in 1992, encompasses the highest massif of the Abruzzi, which stretches along two mountain chains: the Monti della Laga to the north, formed of marl and sandstone; and the Gran Sasso to the south, which peaks with the Cor..

On the 12th September 1943, in this grandiose mountain habitat in which horses and sheep stroll about in herds that Mussolini , who had been kept prisoner since the 25th July , finally escaped his captors, helped by the German air force. He went on ..

The verdant Vomano Valley skirts the Gran Sasso massif before opening out onto the Adriatic Sea.

This is the highest massif in the Abruzzi and its main peak is Corno Grande (2 912m high). On the northern side, ridges with many gullies slope away gently, while on the southern face, Gran Sasso drops abruptly to great glacial plateaus edged by deep..

Set up in an old 17C Franciscan convent a little way from small town, this museum charts the history of Castelli art with its collection of 15-19C paintings by the town's most famous artists.

The 17C ceiling of this church is an admirable example of the ceramics for which Castelli is famous.

Reaching 2 912 m at its highest point, this is the highest Abruzzi mountain range whose two slopes are markedly different one is largely desolate and the other is bristling with woods and meadows.