HISTORY
Sulmona historical events, from the city legendary origin by means of Solimo, a fellow of Enea's, till recent history.
PHOTOGALLERY
Photographs, taken by myself, summarize the natural and artistic beauties of Sulmona and of the Abruzzi in Italy, among them sanpshots of the Chivarly Joust and of the Easter Manifestations.
PERSONALITIES
The citizens of Sulmona who excelled in different cultural areas: Publio Ovidio Nasone, the poet of the Metamorphosis, Celestino V, the Pope of the "gran rifiuto" (great refusal), Giuseppe Capograssi, jurist and cultured, and another Pope, Innocenzo VII. Finally a short survey of other illustrious personalities (Serafini, Tresca, Barbato, Mosca) - only in italian
SAN PANFILO
A whole monograph on the Cathedral of Sulmona, consecrated to the Patron Saint of the City, whose bones are buried in the crypt - only in italian
MUSEUMS
A short description with photos of the museums of Sulmona. (only in italian)
INFO
A telephone directory and the addresses for every exigences: hotels, restaurants, pubs, touristic and public offices, museums, transports. You can also visit a guide to hotel in Sulmona and hotel in Abruzzo
CONTRIBUTES
"Sulmona... not only sugared almonds", an introduction article of the city by Claudia Caputo - only in italian
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books and newspaper articles whence I got the information given.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright, Privacy and Cookies of www.sulmona.org - only in italian
ACCESSIBILITY
Accessibility terms of www.sulmona.org and a list of the accesskeys - only in italian
TOUR
Touristic tour among the squares, fountains, churches, buildings, doors and the natural beauties of Sulmona and its neighbourhood, fournished with photos. To visit Sulmona, you can contact NaTourArte, the Abruzzi Tourist Guides Association, that organizes guided tours in english.
EVENTS
Easter Manifestations and the Chivarly Joust are a centuries old tradition. These and other important events are grouped in a year's calendar.
GASTRONOMY
Celebrated in Italy for the production of sugared almonds, Sulmona boats a centuries old tradition: the history of these sweets, the features of our product, and many other curiosities. Finally, the production of red garlic and some Italian recipes - only in italian.
CYCLING
The history linking Sulmona and the Italy Tour, the slopes and the Valle Peligna and Abruzzi most important routes a script to calculate the average gradient of a slope - only in italian
NATURAL PARKS
A short survey of the four Natural Parks surrounding Sulmona and the Valle Peligna - only in italian
LINKS
Sites dedicated to Sulmona, Abruzzo and Italy - reviewed by myself. If you'd like to point out any new sites, then write to me! I'll add them after having visited them - only in italian
GLOSSARY
A somewhat small but nonetheless useful architectural dictionary with some examples of based on Sulmona - only in italian
NEWSLETTER
Leave your e-mail in order to keep yourself up to date on the www.sulmona.org news. Maybe this service will not be available on the English version (otherwise I'll have to write the newsletters in English too and this means.....getting into a scrape!)
CITY MAP
If you want to visit us, download the map of Sulmona and Abruzzo in Italy.
: Developed by
Andrea Forgione
Antonio Forgione
: © 2000-2006
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: Creation time
Sulmona, 15-05-2000
: Last update
Sulmona, 04-08-2010