Castel del Monte, Abruzzo

Castel del Monte is a municipality ( comune ) in the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L' Aquila in Italy and counts (as of 31 December 2012) 441 inhabitants. The community is located about 27 kilometers east of L' Aquila in the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga, belongs to the Comunità montana Campo Imperatore - Piana di Navelli and directly borders the provinces of Pescara and Teramo.

Community partnership

Castel del Monte maintains a partnership with the French community in Somain Nord.

Trivia

The Hollywood productions Ladyhawke (1985) and The American (2010) had one of their locations in Castel del Monte. The film The Name of the Rose, however, was partly filmed on the same- Hohenstaufen Castle Castel del Monte in Apulia.

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