Abbateggio

{{Infobox Italian comune | name = Abbateggio | official_name = Comune di Abbateggio | native_name = | image_skyline = Abbateggio 2009 - - by-RaBoe 001.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Abbateggio | image_shield = Abbateggio-Stemma.png | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|42|14|N|14|1|E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = Abruzzo |province=Pescara (PE) | frazioni = Catalano, Cusano, Di Mezzo, Le Piane, San Martino, Scalelle | mayor_party = Uniti per Abbateggio | mayor = Gabriele Di Pierdomenico<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comune.abbateggio.pe.it/Sindaco-1.htm|title=Sindaco|website=Comune di Abbateggio| access-date=20 May 2024}}</ref> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 15.4 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web| url=http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=18545&lang=en| title=Resident population on 1st January [2024]: Abruzzo| website=ISTAT| access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> | population_total = 357 | population_as_of = 1 January 2024 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Abbateggiani |telephone=| elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 530 | twin1 = | twin1_country = |postalcode=| saint = Saint Lawrence | day = 10 August | postal_code = 65020 | area_code = 085 | website = {{official website|http://www.comune.abbateggio.pe.it/}} | footnotes = }}

'''Abbateggio''' is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy.

==History==

The first documents about the village's existence date back to the 10th century, which suggest the area became populated around 871 CE.<ref name="HISTORY">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comune.abbateggio.pe.it/La-storia-del-comune.htm|title=La storia del comune|website=Commune di Abbateggio}}</ref>

In 1929, under the prime ministership of Benito Mussolini, the village was amalgamated with Roccamorice under the jurisdiction of San Valentino. It became a separate municipality once again in 1947, under the mayoralty of Gino Di Benedetto.<ref name="HISTORY" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilcentro.it/pescara/addio-a-gino-%C3%A8-morto-a-100-anni-il-primo-sindaco-del-paese-1.392674|title=Addio a Gino, è morto a 100 anni il primo sindaco del paese|date=January 3, 2015|website=Il Centro}}</ref>

==Economy== The economy of Abbateggio is based on mixed agriculture. Livestock are kept and crops including grain (particularly farro), olives, vines and fruit trees are grown. Cheese and honey are also produced.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

==Tourism and culture== The Cusano district of the comune is home to the ruins of an ancient castle and other early medieval buildings.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/19/italy-most-beautiful-villages/| title=Italy has 334 'most beautiful' villages. Can their beauty survive?| author=Chico Harlan| date=19 October 2022| newspaper=The Washington Post| url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fantozzi |first=Matteo |date=2025-03-22 |title=Stradine acciottolate e casette in pietra bianca, perdersi in questo borgo abruzzese é un sogno: non vorresti più andare via |url=https://abruzzo.cityrumors.it/lifestyle/stradine-acciottolate-e-casette-in-pietra-bianca-perdersi-in-questo-borgo-abruzzese-e-un-sogno-non-vorresti-piu-andare-via.html |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Abruzzo Cityrumors |language=it-IT}}</ref>

Abbateggio has been named one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").<ref>{{cite web| url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/borgo/abbateggio/| title=Abbateggio: Il paese del farro| access-date=20 May 2024| language=it}}</ref>

Festivals in the town include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comune.abbateggio.pe.it/Feste-tradizioni-manifestazioni-ed-attivita-culturali.htm|title=Feste tradizioni manifestazioni ed attivita culturali|website=Comune di Abbateggio| language=it}}</ref>

* San Lorenzo (10 August) - Grain feast * 7–9 September - Patron festival * Last Sunday in July - Majella Park Literary Award.

==Notable people== Angelo Tomasso Sr, founder of the Tomasso Group, grew up in Abbateggio and immigrated to the United States of America in 1910.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelo Tomasso, Jr. |url=https://www.immigrantheritage.org/new-blog/2017/6/13/angelo-tomasso-jr |website=National Immigrant Heritage Center |publisher=Immigrant Heritage Hall of Fame |accessdate=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://tomassogroup.com/history/| title=History| website=Tomasso Group| access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>

Remo Mancini, Canadian former politician, was born in Abbateggio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilcentro.it/pescara/remo-mancini-accolto-calorosamente-dai-compaesani-1.2257566|title=Remo Mancini accolto calorosamente dai compaesani|first=|last=|website=Il Centro|lang=it|date=11 July 2019}}</ref>

Honorary citizens include Grazia Francescato, politician and environmental activist; writer Dacia Maraini; and Luciano D'Alfonso, president of Abruzzo and former mayor of Pescara.<ref name="HISTORY" />

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/travel/11Frugal.html| title=Mangia, Mangia!| date=April 6, 2010| author=Matt Gross| work=The New York Times| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216200152/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/travel/11Frugal.html| archive-date=16 December 2023| url-status=live}} — article about food in Abbateggio and nearby towns

Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo Category:Borghi più belli d'Italia