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Line 1: {{about\|the town in Italy\|people with the surname\|Casoli (surname)}} {{Infobox Italian comune \| name = Casoli Line 18 ⟶ 19: \| 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 Line 36 ⟶ 37: \| postal_code = 66043 \| area_code = 0872 \| website = {{official website\|~~http~~https://www.comune.casoli.ch.it/web/}} \| footnotes = }} '''Casoli''' is([[Napulitano\|Abruzzese]]: ''{{lang\|nap\|Càsule}}'') a ''[[comune]]'' and [[town]] in the [[Province of Chieti]] in the [[Abruzzo]] region of [[Italy]]. It is situated on a foothill of the [[Majella]] mountain, at the base of which runs the [[Aventino River]], tributary of the [[Sangro]]. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 5,901 and an area of {{convert\|66\|km2\|mi2}}.<ref name="istat">All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)\|Istat]].</ref> 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]] tribe that was the territory most probably conquered by [[Lombards]] in the 6th century. 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 == Line 147 ⟶ 148: {{Province of Chieti}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Casoli\| ]] [[Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo]] [[Category:Samnite cities]] [[Category:~~Casoli~~Borghi più belli d'Italia]]