Campo di Giove is a town and comune in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. Its territory is included in the Majella National Park. Located at the foot of the southwestern slope of the Majella, it is a holiday resort in summer and winter, thanks to the presence of a ski station. In English, its name means 'Campus Jovis'. A snapshot of Campo di Giove history from its origins to the end of WWII Whether its origins are religious or military (1), Campo di Giove is a name that goes back a very long way. It was almost certainly a stop on the road that crosses the western slope of the Maiella massif, a famous road used, according to Tito Livio, by Hannibal on his journeys to and from Rome in 217 and 211 BC. Another man to pass through with his soldiers was Hugh, Count of Vermandois, who travelled to the Holy Land for the First Crusade (1096-1099) (2), as suggested by the Arab geographer al-Idrisi when he wrote of the group of soldiers passing through places to which he ascribed colourful names such as Balanah (Palena) and Bagianbru (Pacentro). The Campo di Giove area has always been populated to some degree. Evidence of life can be found in several places. From the palaeolithic period there is “Maiella Man”, who lived in the famous caves of the Maiella massif; from the later neolithic period, the “pago” on the Il Tescino lake, near which the chipped stone can be found to this day. Once the land between habitable, it is likely that people started to move from the mountains to the valley. In the Iron Age, the “pagi” of Pian de’ Tòfani, l’Ara and Guado di Coccia (3), which lasted throughout the Italic and Roman times, consisted of early humans with Italic and later Roman blood. These were shepherds who lived in the great outdoors among fragrant pastures and with a fresh, plentiful supply of water from the Maiella springs. They would spend the winters in the valley, in Apulia, in the Roman countryside or, according to Il Torcia, in the Maremma coastal region (4). More information...
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