Tagliacozzo

Tagliacozzo is best known in Abruzzo for giving its name to the Battle of Tagliacozzo, fought in 1268. Set on the western side of the Marsica area in the central Apennines, the town stands along the historic Via Valeria corridor between Rome and inland Abruzzo. Its medieval core centres on Piazza dell’Obelisco, a broad square framed by old palazzi and still central to local life. The battle, in which Charles of Anjou defeated the young Hohenstaufen claimant Conradin, was a decisive episode in the struggle for the Kingdom of Sicily. Lanes beyond the square lead towards older quarters and the slopes above town, while the surrounding Apennines give Tagliacozzo its distinctly inland character. Browse nearby webcams to place Tagliacozzo within the wider Marsica and Apennine region.

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