Oricola
Oricola is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy, located near the regional boundary with Latium. It is commanded by a mid-15th century rocca and, in its communal territory, is home to the remains of several ancient Italic settlements.- Type: Locality with 1,250 residents
- Description: Italian comune
- Also known as: “066062”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castello di Oricola and Station Arsoli.
Castello di Oricola
Castle
Castello di Oricola is a medieval castle in Oricola, Province of L'Aquila.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riofreddo and Rocca di Botte.
Riofreddo
Village
Riofreddo is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about 45 kilometres northeast of Rome. The name is derived from the Latin "Rivus frigidus," meaning "cold river" or "cold stream." It was an ancient Roman fortress guarding the ancient Via Valeria of which a few sections remain with the typical Roman paving and a bridge attributed to the Emperor Nerva. Riofreddo is situated 3½ km west of Oricola.
Rocca di Botte
Village
Rocca di Botte is a comune and town of 860 people in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy. Rocca di Botte is situated 3½ km southeast of Oricola.
Roviano
Village
Roviano is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 45 kilometres northeast of Rome. Roviano borders the following municipalities: Anticoli Corrado, Arsoli, Cineto Romano, Mandela, Marano Equo, Riofreddo. Roviano is situated 4½ km southwest of Oricola.
Oricola
- Category: comune of Italy
- Location: L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.0492° or 42° 2′ 57″ north
Longitude
13.0394° or 13° 2′ 22″ east
Population
1,250
Elevation
801 metres (2,628 feet)
Open location code
8FJM22XQ+MQ
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Oricola” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوريكولا”
- Aragonese: “Oricola”
- Armenian: “Օրիկոլա”
- Basque: “Oricola”
- Breton: “Oricola”
- Bulgarian: “Орикола”
- Catalan: “Oricola”
- Cebuano: “Oricola”
- Central Bikol: “Oricola”
- Chechen: “Орикола”
- Chinese: “Oricola”
- Chinese: “奥里科拉”
- Dutch: “Oricola, L’Aquila”
- Dutch: “Oricola”
- Esperanto: “Oricola”
- French: “Oricola”
- German: “Oricola”
- Hungarian: “Oricola”
- Interlingua: “Oricola”
- Irish: “Oricola”
- Italian: “Comune di Oricola”
- Italian: “Oricola”
- Japanese: “オリーコラ”
- Kazakh: “Орикола”
- Korean: “오리콜라”
- Kurdish: “Oricola”
- Ladin: “Oricola”
- Latin: “Oricula”
- Lombard: “Oricola”
- Malay: “Oricola”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oricola”
- Neapolitan: “Oricola”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Oricola”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Oricola”
- Persian: “اوریکولا”
- Piemontese: “Oricola”
- Polish: “Oricola”
- Portuguese: “Oricola”
- Romanian: “Oricola”
- Russian: “Орикола”
- Serbian: “Oricola”
- Serbian: “Орикола”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oricola, L’Aquila”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Oricola”
- Sicilian: “Oricola”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوریکولا”
- Spanish: “Oricola”
- Swedish: “Oricola”
- Tagalog: “Oricola”
- Tatar: “Орикола”
- Turkish: “Oricola”
- Ukrainian: “Орикола”
- Uzbek: “Oricola”
- Venetian: “Oricola”
- Vietnamese: “Oricola”
- Volapük: “Oricola”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oricola”
- “Oricola”
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