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{{about|the town in Italy|people with the surname|Casoli (surname)}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Casoli
| official_name = Comune di Casoli
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Centro storico Casoli.JPG
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| image_caption = The church and the castle of Casoli
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|07|N|14|17|E|type:city(3,055)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| region = [[Abruzzo]]
| province = [[Province of Chieti]] (CH)
| frazioni = Ascigno, Capoposta, Cappacorti, [[Caprafico, Chieti|Caprafico]], Cavassutti, Cinonni, Cipollaro, Collebarone, Collelungo, Collemarco, Colle della Torre, Coste Martini, Fiorentini, Grottarimposta, Guarenna Nuova, Guarenna Vecchia, Laroma, Laroscia, Mandramancina, Merosci, Minco di Lici, Monti, Piana delle vacche, Pianibbie, Piano Carlino, Piano del Mulino, Piano la Fara, Piano Laroma, Piano Morelli, Piano delle Vigne, Quarto da Capo, Ripitella, Selva Piana, Serra, Taloni, Torretta, Valle Curato, Verratti, Vicenne, Vizzarri
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Sergio De Luca
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| postal_code = 66043
| area_code = 0872
| website = {{official website|
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}}
'''Casoli'''
Casoli borders the following municipalities: [[Altino, Abruzzo|Altino]], [[Civitella Messer Raimondo]], [[Gessopalena]], [[Guardiagrele]], [[Palombaro]], [[Roccascalegna]], [[Sant'Eusanio del Sangro]]. It is one of [[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]] ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/abruzzo/|title=Abruzzo|access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref>
==History==
It was the ancient settlement of [[Cluviae]], a city of the [[Caraceni (tribe)|Caraceni]]
The medieval name "castri de Casule" was first recorded in 878 AD in the ''Memoriatorium abbatis Berthari'', a manuscript conserved in the [[Abbey of Monte Cassino]].
The village was controlled, in the fourteenth century by the [[Orsini family]], who fortified the Norman castle. Casoli became famous as part cultirale in the nineteenth century, when the Mayor Pasquale Masciantonio housed in the castle the poet [[Gabriele d'Annunzio]]. In World War II, Casoli did not suffer severe bombing, because it was declared a "free city" for the displaced.
== Main sights ==
*'''[[Castello Masciantonio]]''': Norman castle of the eleventh century, with a tower and fortified ducal palace, which houses a museum. The room that housed Gabriele d'Annunzio is of particular interest for a dithyramb written by d'Annunzio on the wall, in thanks.
*'''Church of Santa Maria Maggiore''': It was one of the Orsini chapel (14th century), and later in the seventeenth century it became a real church. It has a rectangular plan, with a side porch, Baroque mold.
== Demographic evolution ==
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==Sister cities==
* {{flagicon|AUS}} '''[[City of Canning|Canning]]''', [[Western Australia]], [[Australia]]
==See also==
*[[Casoli internment camp]]
*[[Castello Masciantonio]]
==References==
{{commons category|Casoli}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo]]
[[Category:Samnite cities]]
[[Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia]]
▲[[roa-rup:Casoli]]
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