Tornareccio | |
Official Name: | Comune di Tornareccio |
Coordinates: | 42.0333°N 39°W |
Province: | (CH) |
Frazioni: | Collecase, San Giovanni, Torricchio |
Mayor: | Remo Fioriti |
Area Total Km2: | 27.53 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1800 |
Population As Of: | 31 March 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Tornarecciani |
Elevation M: | 630 |
Saint: | St. Victoria |
Day: | 23 December |
Postal Code: | 66046 |
Area Code: | 0872 |
Tornareccio (Abruzzese: Neapolitan: Turnarécce) is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy, known for its apiaries and archaeological significance. It is the site of phase III of the Sangro Valley Project.
The area around Tornareccio adjacent to Mount Pallano has been inhabited since the Palaeolithic, around 20,000 years ago. The first written document which mentions Tornareccio dates to 829, when it came under the fiefdom of the Abbey of Farfa.