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Comune in Abruzzo, Italy
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Bugnara is a small mountain village in the Abruzzo region. The village is perched on the side of the mountain 'Colle Rotondo' and has a picturesque medieval centre.
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Chiesa del Santissimo Rosario
Imposing on the main square and ringing its bells every hour this church dates from 1602. Built in the late baroque style beautiful friezes, stuccoes and relief ceilings.
Bugnara is steep and full of narrow pedestrian streets. Here you can see Bugnara's medieval origins with an incredible patchwork layering of stone and cement.
Fortezza dello Scorpione
This enormous palace consists of imposing buildings started around the 11th century. The impressive fortifications surround a courtyard where one can see the various stages of its development, including an impressive clock tower. Restoration of the palace is in the works, with a rumoured cooking school to be housed there.
Just outside the village this church has some of the most interesting history of Bugnara. Built in the Gothic style around the 11th century it has an extraordinary herring-bone floor that is actually from the Roman temple upon which the church was built. It also has some very well preserved statues and frescoes,
At the end of June there is Pecorino tasting and music.
Being a small town, there is always activity and people in the main square.
This beautiful little restaurant used to be open in the summer (in 2007) where you could sit in the middle of the ancient ruins and have some lovely local home-cooked food. The sign is still there but I'm not sure that it is still open.
A two bedroom house in the centre of Bugnara.
Find the local speciality.
There are markets for various goods in the main square.
Although the village has two well stocked Alimentari (grocery shops) the best thing to do is to find out the times of the meat, vegetable and fish trucks that make their way around the small villages.
The village has a post office, hairdressers and a pharmacy.
By bus
There are actually about three or fours buses a day from Rome Tiburtina bus station that stop in Bugnara on their way to Scanno. The bus stops by the bridge at the bottom of the town.
By car
On the A25 take the exit for Anversa (if you are coming from Rome) or Sulmona if you are coming from Pescara.
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