Alanno
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{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Alanno
| official_name = Comune di Alanno
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| image_skyline =Alanno veduta.jpg
| imagesize =300px
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| image_caption =View of Alanno
| image_shield = alanno-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|18|N|13|58|E|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Abruzzo
| province = Pescara (PE)
| frazioni = Alanno Stazione, Colle Grande, Costa delle Plaie, Oratorio, Prati, Sant'Agata Case, Sperduto, Ticchione
| mayor_party = Independent
| mayor = Oscar Pezzi
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 32.53
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 3493
| population_as_of = 31 March 2017
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| population_demonym = Alannesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 307
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| saint =
| day = 3 February
| postal_code = 65010
| area_code = 085
| website = {{Official website|http://www.comune.alanno.pe.it}}
| footnotes =
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Alanno is a comune and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
The first settlement of Alanno dates probably from the medieval Lombard domination. Later it was a possession of the heirs of Ettore Fieramosca.
History
Even if the territory of Alanno was inhabited since the Bronze Age, Alanno was likely founded as a fort (castrum) by the Longobards around the 4th or 5th centuries.
After having been a fief of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria for centuries, it was ruled by a succession of feudal families since the 14th century: {{ill|Camponeschi|it|Camponeschi}}, Caracciolo, {{ill|D'Aquino (family)|lt=D'Aquino|it|D'Aquino (famiglia)|fr|Famille d'Aquino}}, and {{ill|Fieramosca (family)|lt=Fieramosca|it|Fieramosca (famiglia)}} (since 1739).
114 families were recorded as taxpayers in 1443, and 190 families were fiscally registered in 1532.
San Biagio parish church was rebuilt as a consequence of the 1915 Avezzano earthquake.{{cite web|url= https://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Alanno.html|title=Alanno|website=Sapere.it|publisher=De Agostini|language=it|access-date=January 27, 2025}}{{cite web |last= |first=|title=Alanno|url=http://www7.tau.ac.il/omeka/italjuda/items/show/581|publisher=Italia Judaica|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
Geography
Alanno lies at the southeastern foothills of the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif.
The old town of Alanno is located on a hill, which is surrounded by Aterno river and a stream named Cigno.{{cite web|url= https://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Alanno.html|title=Alanno|website=Sapere.it|publisher=De Agostini|language=it|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
The old town is close to the small economic center (Alanno Scalo), which benefits economically from local manufacturing plants, {{ill|Alanno railway station|it|Stazione di Alanno}} on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway, and access to the A25 motorway.
A reservoir ({{ill|Alanno-Piano d'Orta dam|it|Diga di Alanno-Piano d'Orta}}) on the Aterno river led to the birth of a natural reserve called {{ill|Oasis of Alanno Lake|it|Oasi del Lago di Alanno - Piano d'Orta}}, for the preservation of animal and plant species, including some species of waterbirds and the yellow iris.{{cite web|url=https://abruzzoturismo.it/it/destinazioni/alanno|title=Alanno|website=abruzzoturismo.it|publisher=Abruzzo region|language=it|access-date=January 27, 2025}}
=== Climate ===
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Alanno, elevation {{convert|295|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1951–2000)
|Jan record high C = 22.5
|Feb record high C = 23.7
|Mar record high C = 26.9
|Apr record high C = 29.3
|May record high C = 34.2
|Jun record high C = 38.7
|Jul record high C = 42.7
|Aug record high C = 42.0
|Sep record high C = 36.5
|Oct record high C = 32.2
|Nov record high C = 27.8
|Dec record high C = 22.6
|Jan record low C = -9.0
|Feb record low C = -4.5
|Mar record low C = -6.8
|Apr record low C = -0.9
|May record low C = 2.5
|Jun record low C = 7.0
|Jul record low C = 10.1
|Aug record low C = 9.5
|Sep record low C = 6.0
|Oct record low C = 1.9
|Nov record low C = -2.6
|Dec record low C = -5.7
|Jan high C = 9.6
|Feb high C = 10.9
|Mar high C = 13.6
|Apr high C = 17.2
|May high C = 22.4
|Jun high C = 26.8
|Jul high C = 29.7
|Aug high C = 29.6
|Sep high C = 25.4
|Oct high C = 19.6
|Nov high C = 14.4
|Dec high C = 10.7
| year high C =
|Jan mean C = 6.6
|Feb mean C = 7.5
|Mar mean C = 9.9
|Apr mean C = 13.2
|May mean C = 17.9
|Jun mean C = 22.0
|Jul mean C = 24.7
|Aug mean C = 24.7
|Sep mean C = 20.9
|Oct mean C = 16.0
|Nov mean C = 11.3
|Dec mean C = 7.9
| year mean C =
|Jan low C = 3.6
|Feb low C = 4.2
|Mar low C = 6.2
|Apr low C = 9.1
|May low C = 13.5
|Jun low C = 17.2
|Jul low C = 19.7
|Aug low C = 19.7
|Sep low C = 16.5
|Oct low C = 12.3
|Nov low C = 8.2
|Dec low C = 5.0
| year low C =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 64.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 57.6
|Mar precipitation mm = 63.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 68.5
|May precipitation mm = 51.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 53.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 36.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 44.2
|Sep precipitation mm = 67.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 76.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 86.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 79.4
|year precipitation mm =
| Jan precipitation days = 7.1
| Feb precipitation days = 7.4
| Mar precipitation days = 7.6
| Apr precipitation days = 7.5
| May precipitation days = 6.7
| Jun precipitation days = 5.8
| Jul precipitation days = 4.4
| Aug precipitation days = 4.5
| Sep precipitation days = 6.0
| Oct precipitation days = 7.9
| Nov precipitation days = 8.7
| Dec precipitation days = 9.1
| year precipitation days =
| source 1 = Regione Abruzzo{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240630102234/https://www.regione.abruzzo.it/system/files/agricoltura/agrometereologia/VALORI_MEDI_CLIMATICI_NELLA_REGIONE_ABRUZZO.pdf
| archive-date = 30 June 2024
| url = https://www.regione.abruzzo.it/system/files/agricoltura/agrometereologia/VALORI_MEDI_CLIMATICI_NELLA_REGIONE_ABRUZZO.pdf
| title = VALORI MEDI CLIMATICI DAL 1951 AL 2000 NELLA REGIONE ABRUZZO
| publisher= Regione Abruzzo
| access-date = 30 June 2024}}
}}
Attractions
The most important landmark of Alanno is the Renaissance church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, built around 1485, it was said that the Madonna appeared to a shepherd and asked him to organize the building of a church on that position overlooking the valley. The church was built {{convert|3|km|mi|0}} outside the town. It has an elegant portal (1505) surmounted by a lunette with a fresco of the Deposition. The single nave ends with an apse with frescoes attributed to Andrea De Litio's workshop (1522) and a 15th-century triptych with Madonna, Angels and Saints.
The decoration of the interior is otherwise in Baroque style. The altar, finished in 1642, has a precious 15th century triptych with the Madonna between St. Sebastian and a Holy Pope.
Other points of interest include the three towers, remains of the medieval walls and castle, the 16th century church of St. Francis and the Wildlife Oasis of Alanno, characterized by numerous birds species and a rich river vegetation.
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