page_title: Crognaleto
section_title: Poggio Umbricchio
hierarchical_section_title: Crognaleto / Villages (Frazioni) / Poggio Umbricchio
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Chiesa di Santa Maria Lauretana
context_page_description: Crognaleto is a comune and city of slightly less than 2,000 people in the Province of Teramo, central Italy. Crognaleto sits at an elevation of 1,105 metres and has its communal administrative offices in the frazione of Nerito. The commune of Crognaleto sits on the slopes of the Monti della Laga mountain range and extends across both the northern and the southern slopes of the Vomano Valley. It lies within the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.
context_section_description: The village sits midway up a mountain slope at an elevation of about 700 metres (2,300 ft).  It borders the frazioni of Santa Croce e Altavilla.  Ancient Roman ruins have been found nearby.  In times past Poggio Umbricchio was part of the Acquaviva and other family's feudal holdings.  It was an independent commune in the Napoleonic period.
  As happened to a good number of nearby mountain villages, Poggio Umbricchio lost a good portion of its population in the difficult economic period following World War II.  In recent years the village appears virtually deserted, especially during the cold winter months.  These factors, along with the somewhat strange-sounding name of the village, have led some people in the larger cities of Teramo and Pescara to the conclusion that Poggio Umbricchio has a somewhat magical quality and exists more in fantasy than in reality.  In more recent years researched at the University of Teramo have studied more closely the history of this village and have initiated an oral history project amongst the dwindling numbers of village elders.
  Sights include the church of  Saint Mary Laurentana, with a doorway dating back to 1570.
caption: Santa Maria Lauretana church in Poggio Umbricchio
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