Porta del Castello
Porta del Castello is a city gate in L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Abruzzo. Porta del Castello is situated nearby to the tourism office Ente Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga, as well as near the community center Sala Polifunzionale Marino Scarcia.Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso and San Crisante.
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
Research institute
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is the largest underground research center in the world. Situated below Gran Sasso mountain in Italy, it is well known for particle physics research by the INFN. Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso is situated 1¼ km northeast of Porta del Castello.
San Crisante
Church
Photo: GiaPam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Crisante is a church, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Porta del Castello.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Assergi and Camarda.
Assergi
Village
Photo: Pietro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Assergi is a frazione of the comune of L'Aquila, located about 11 km from the capital. With a population of just over 500, it is situated at an altitude of approximately 1,000 meters, below the western slope of the Gran Sasso in a small plain called the Piana di Assergi.
Camarda
Village
Camarda is a frazione in the comune of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is situated on the western slopes of the Gran Sasso, at about 800 meters above sea level, along the state road 17-bis that from Bazzano goes up to Campo Imperatore passing… Camarda is situated 2½ km south of Porta del Castello.
Aragno
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Aragno is a frazione in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Aragno is situated 4½ km southwest of Porta del Castello.
Porta del Castello
- Type: City gate
- Also known as: “Porta del Castello di Assergi”
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
42.41341° or 42° 24′ 48″ northLongitude
13.50529° or 13° 30′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8FJMCG74+94OpenStreetMap ID
way 699707738OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gateWikidata ID
Q95224533
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In Other Languages
“Porta del Castello” goes by many names.
- Italian: “porta del Castello”
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Notable Places Nearby
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