Archi

Archi is a town and comune inside the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, southern Italy. It is a part of the Valsangro mountain community. The region Archi become already inhabited as early as the 11^th – 7^th centuries BC, as testified by the Bronze Age Fonte Tasca website online, whose defensive works nevertheless existed in the Hellenistic age. In the Middle Ages, Archi became a fortified center that, together with Casoli and Roccascalegna, constituted a defensive triangle that blocked the passage from the japanese Maiella to the Sangro valley.

In the Norman period, the metropolis become entrusted to two infantrymen controlled by means of one Marsilius Trogisii. Later, Charles I of Anjou gave it for 30 oz a year to one Berardo. Later he become held via diverse households consisting of: Carafa, De Secura, Guevara, Crispano, Pignatelli, Cardone and subsequently the Adimari marquises of Bomba. After their closing heir died with out heirs, Archi lower back to the royal direct manipulate.