Casoli

Casoli is a municipality and town inside the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo area of Italy. It is situated on a foothill of the Majella mountain, at the bottom of which runs the Aventino River, tributary of the Sangro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5.901 and an area of ​​66 rectangular kilometers. Casoli borders the subsequent municipalities: Altino, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Gessopalena, Guardiagrele, Palombaro, Roccascalegna, Sant'Eusanio del Sangro. The settlement of Cluviae, a city of the Caraceni tribe that turned into the most conquered territory through Lombards in the 6^th century.

The medieval name "castri de Casule" changed into first recorded in 878 AD within the Memoriatorium abbatis Berthari, a manuscript conserved within the Abbey of Monte Cassino. The village became controlled, inside the 14^th century by way of the Orsini own family, who fortified the Norman castle. Casoli have become famous as component cultirale in the 19^th century, while the Mayor Pasquale Masciantonio housed in the citadel the poet Gabriele d'Annunzio. In World War II, Casoli did not go through severe bombing, as it became d a "free metropolis" for the displaced.