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Things to do in Cappadocia Italy – what to see attractions and activities

Welcome to Cappadocia Italy. If you’are planning to visit Cappadocia for your next trip and you are looking for the best places to visit, here you’ll find tips and suggestions of most popular point of interest and activities not to be missed in Cappadocia and surrounding. Travelers will appreciate this italian town with his rich historical and artistic heritage, local culture and environment. Discover the monuments, buildings, natural treasures and all the details that characterize Cappadocia and its territory. Share and suggest a place you've visited.

What To See near Cappadocia

L'Aquila (7 Km)

Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio

The Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio is an important place of Catholic worship in the city of L'Aquila. Founded in 1287 at the behest of Pietro da Morrone, crowned Pope Celestine V in 1294, it is the most important religious monument in the city. It contains the world's first Holy Door and is home to a unique annual jubilee. The basilica was badly damaged during the 2009 earthquake and is still closed for restoration work that is expected to end in 2016.

Scurcola Marsicana (8 Km)

Castello Orsini

The Orsini Castle was built around 1200. It has a triangular structure with two cylindrical towers. After a long period of abandonment, the building was restored. Today you can visit only the outside.

L'Aquila (10 Km)

Villa Comunale

Set in the lower part of the town, close to Porta Napoli, it is surrounded by a number of parks with beautiful fountains. Here there also is a restaurant and various sports fields. The Villa is set in front of Palazzo Emiciclo.

Avezzano (12 Km)

Pinacoteca d'Arte Moderna

The Art Gallery of Modern Art in Avezzano was set up in the Orsini Castle - Colonna and exhibits sculptures, paintings and graphics acquired since 1949, the year of the first Marsican Painting Exhibition which later took place would be called the Avezzano Prize. Over the years the collection has been greatly enriched and today it is possible to admire the works of numerous artists. On the floor below the Art Gallery is housed in a Multipurpose Room.

Avezzano (12 Km)

Mostra della Civiltà Contadina e Pastorale

Inside the A.R.S.S.A. headquarters in the city of Avezzano is the Casino of Caccia Torlonia, which today houses the Museum of Peasant and Pastoral Civilization. In the Museum, where content and container have equal charm, the arrangement of objects within the display cases does not follow chronological criteria or material affinity, but we have tried to group them according to areas thematic. Admission to the Museum is free of charge.

Avezzano (12 Km)

Museo Lapidario Marsicano

The Marsicano Lapidary Museum in Avezzano was created in 1888. Inside it we find more than one hundred tombstones dating back to the Roman period, but also to the medieval and Renaissance period kept in seven rooms where you can admire the wrecks of a glorious past.

Destinations nearby

Tagliacozzo

It is 12,2 Km away - about 17 minutes

Scurcola Marsicana

Scurcola Marsicana

It is 20,5 Km away - about 26 minutes

Massa d'Albe

Massa d'Albe

It is 29,4 Km away - about 38 minutes

Avezzano

Avezzano

It is 31,2 Km away - about 40 minutes

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