Fossa
Fossa is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Bernardino of Fossa was born in the town. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake contributed to the collapse of a bridge in Fossa, and caused extensive damage to the residential buildings in the town.
- Locality with 720 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 577 metres (1,893 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Aveia”
- Description: Italian comune
- Also known as“066044”“Fossa, Abruzzo”
- Neighbors: L’Aquila
Places of Interest
Highlights include Santa Maria ad Cryptas and Santo Spirito d’Ocre.
Santa Maria ad Cryptas
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monticchio and Onna.
Fossa
- Category: comune of Italy
- Location
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Latitude
42.2982° or 42° 17′ 54″ north
Longitude
13.4885° or 13° 29′ 19″ east
Open location code
8FJM7FXQ+79
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Fossa” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فوسا”
- Aragonese: “Fossa”
- Armenian: “Ֆոսա”
- Armenian: “Ֆոսսա”
- Basque: “Fossa”
- Breton: “Fossa”
- Bulgarian: “Фоса”
- Cebuano: “Fossa, Italya”
- Cebuano: “Fossa”
- Central Bikol: “Fossa”
- Chechen: “Фосса (коммуна)”
- Chechen: “Фосса”
- Chinese: “福萨”
- Danish: “Fossa (by)”
- Danish: “Fossa”
- Dutch: “Fossa”
- Esperanto: “Fossa”
- French: “Fossa”
- German: “Fossa”
- Hungarian: “Fossa”
- Interlingua: “Fossa”
- Irish: “Fossa”
- Italian: “Comune di Fossa”
- Italian: “Fossa”
- Japanese: “フォッサ”
- Korean: “포사”
- Kurdish: “Fossa”
- Ladin: “Fossa”
- Latin: “Fossa”
- Lombard: “Fossa”
- Malay: “Fossa, Abruzzo”
- Malay: “Fossa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fossa, Abruzzo”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fossa”
- Neapolitan: “Fossa”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fossa”
- Persian: “فوسا”
- Piemontese: “Fossa”
- Polish: “Fossa”
- Portuguese: “Fossa”
- Romanian: “Fossa, Abruzzo”
- Romanian: “Fossa”
- Russian: “Фосса”
- Serbian: “Fossa”
- Serbian: “Фоса”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fossa, L’Aquila”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fossa”
- Sicilian: “Fossa”
- Slovenian: “Fossa”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوسا (کومونه)”
- South Azerbaijani: “فوسا”
- Spanish: “Fossa”
- Swedish: “Fossa, Italien”
- Swedish: “Fossa”
- Tatar: “Фоса”
- Tatar: “Фосса”
- Turkish: “Fossa, Abruzzo”
- Turkish: “Fossa”
- Ukrainian: “Фосса”
- Uzbek: “Fossa”
- Venetian: “Fossa”
- Vietnamese: “Fossa, L’Aquila”
- Vietnamese: “Fossa”
- Volapük: “Fossa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Fossa, Italya”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castle of Fossa and Castle of Ocre.
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