๐ฎ๐น San Benedetto dei Marsi is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is on the eastern shore of the dried Lake Fucino, 20 km (12ย mi) from the remains of another ancient site, Alba Fucens.
Near the town is the stream Giovenco, identified as the ancient stream known as Pitonius.
History The ancient Marruvium was the chief city of the Italic tribe of the Marsi; Marruvii or Marrubii is another form of the name of the Marsi, and was used by Virgil as an ethnic appellation.
In accordance with this, Silius Italicus also describes Marruvium as deriving its name from a certain Marrus, who is evidently only an eponymous hero of the Marsi. There is no account of Marruvium, however, previous to the Roman conquest of the Marsic territory; but under the Roman Empire it was a flourishing municipal town; it is noticed as such both by Strabo and Pliny, and in inscriptions we find it called "splendidissima civitas Marsorum Marruvium".
It was also called Civitas Marsorum, and, in the Middle Ages, Civitas Marsicana. It is noticed in the Tabula Peutingeriana, which places it 13 Roman miles from Alba; but it was not situated on the Via Valeria, and must have communicated with that high-road by a branch from Cerfennia.
The town was an episcopal see in the Middle Ages, being destroyed in 1340 during the Angevine wars for the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples. In 1580 the see was moved to the neighboring town of Pescina.
Tourist Industry Considerable ruins of the ancient city still remain, including portions of its walls and the remains of an amphitheatre, and numerous inscriptions, as well as statues, have been discovered on the site. These ruins are situated close to the margin of the lake, about 3 km (2ย mi) below Pescina.
San Benedetto dei Marsi has a population of over 3,909 people. San Benedetto dei Marsi also forms part of the wider L'Aquila Province which has a population of over 300,409 people. It is also a part of the larger Abruzzo Region. San Benedetto dei Marsi is situated near L'Aquila.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities San Benedetto dei Marsi has links with:
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Locations Near: San Benedetto dei Marsi 13.6167,42
๐ฎ๐น L'Aquila 13.395,42.354 d: 43.4
๐ฎ๐น Frosinone 13.349,41.643 d: 45.5
๐ฎ๐น Cassino 13.833,41.5 d: 58.4
๐ฎ๐น Chieti 14.167,42.352 d: 59.9
๐ฎ๐น Teramo 13.697,42.658 d: 73.4
๐ฎ๐น Isernia 14.233,41.6 d: 67.8
๐ฎ๐น Montesilvano 14.157,42.515 d: 72.5
๐ฎ๐น Pescara 14.214,42.464 d: 71.2
Antipodal to: San Benedetto dei Marsi -166.383,-42
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๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 16904.8
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16840.5
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 16860.9
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13053.9
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 12966.4
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