San Panfilo D'Ocre, L' Aquila, AbruzzoSan Panfilo D'OcrePart of the local city council of Ocre, which has 1,059 inhabitants and is made up of San Panfilo, San Martino D'Ocre, Valle and Cavaletto. The village is situated 13 kilometres from L'Aquila, and the website of the local city council is: www.comunediocre.it. The village is situated in the national park of Sirente -Velino. Its annual food festivity ( the chestnut festivity) is held on the last Sunday in October. Historically the village had an important position in the medieval period through to the early years of the 1500s, thanks to its strategic location in the valley. Sites of interest is a fortified castle village dating back to the XIV century. Another important historical element is the convent of San Angelo, built in the 1200s in an imposing hill overlooking the valley underneath. The convent contains an important fresco painting in its chapel cloisters painted in 1660.
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