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Corfinio, in the province of L'Aquila, is located at an elevation of 1000 feet on a plain in the Peligna Valley.  The town has about 1000 inhabitants.  Its economy is based primarily on agriculture. Corfinio dates back to the 5th century B.C. and played an important role in ancient Italian history.  In the year 91 B.C. the Italic peoples of Abruzzo, who had been subjugated by the Romans, banded together to form the Lega Italica--the Italian League.  They made Corfinio their capital and called it 'Italia,' the first time this name was used.  They fought the Romans and, although defeated, they succeeded in winning the right to Roman citizenship. Recent archaelogical work, not yet finished, has brought to light the Corfinium of the Roman era.  Ruins of ancient buildings, including a bath, shops, a temple dedicated to Italic gods, and a necropolis or cemetary have been excavated. Mosaics, coins, jewelry and statues have been found.  Just outside the town, along the road to Pratola Peligna, are ruins of the vast necropolis, dating back to the 1st century A.D. (photo, bottom row, left) A half-mile outside the town, near the necropolis, is the basilica of San Pelino (photo, bottom row right), one of the most important churches in Abruzzo in terms of its architecture and art.  It was built in the 5th century A.D. but was destroyed between the 9th and 10th centuries, first by the Saracens and then by the Hungarians.  It was rebuilt in Romanesque form about 1120 and was enlarged in the 13th century. Near the basilica is the Museo delle Antichita Corfinesi, with a collection of inscriptions and epigraphs dating from classical Roman times. Click Here to visit an Italian website about Corfinio.

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