Emergenze Archeologiche - Emergenze Architettoniche - Emergenze Artistiche

nce the "scattered" municipality of Fagnano Alto must have been a vestine pagus and must have hadvarious functions. The name Aufeginum, derives from the name Aufigenate, which is revealed by the text of an inscription that is presently placed in the inside walls of the Church of S.Maria della Vittoria in Fontecchio and transcribed by Antonio De Nino at the end of the last century.

Of great archeological importance is a large terrace supported by a wall in opus polygonal and the poligonal walls which are said to be high walls found between Castello and Opi, the uncovered crypt tombs at Capo Croce near Campana with vases and bronze and iron material, a clay balsaman jar, oil lamps, glass cruets, a clay jar, and an italic vase, a quadrangular cell containing iron and bronze objects, some oil lamps and carved bones at the foot of S.Vittore hill, a tomb consisting of a large sarcophagus with lid and funerary furnishings in the locality of Capo la Prata.
According to indirect XII documents we learn that the first community of Fagnano went by the name, Ofeniano, that in the XIII-XIV century appears as Castrum of Ofeniano and in an anonymous XV century ballad it is referred to as Fangeanu. In the XVI century the community of Fagnano consisted of 10 villages, as can be inferred by the epigraph quoted by M. Accursio: "Ripae unis ex decem pagis Fanianis agri Aquilani" (Fagnano, Vallecupa, Opi, Castello, Termine and Ripa).
In 1173 Colle is the property of the Gentile family.
In 1223 Pope Onorio III confirms the church of S.Pietro as being under the jurisdiction of the Abbot of S.Maria in Bominaco.
In 1231 the three sons of Rainaldo d’Acquaviva, Gualtieri, Enrico and Rainaldo, make agreements with the populations of Valviano and Ripa.
In 1311 the lords of Fagnano are called upon to give feudal service  by the king after these properties passed over to the country side L’Aquila.
In 1360 the following churches are present in Fagnano: S.Maria, refectory and collegiate, S.Pietro, S.Nicolo, S.Lucia, S.Massimo, S.Vittorio and S.Donato.
In the same year, the following churches are present in Ripa: S.Vittorino and S.Giovanni, while at Campana there are three: S.Leonardo, S.Giovanni and S.Ozoino.
In 1448 Antonio d’Amico is parish priest of the Church of S.Pietro at Fagnano.
In 1500 Fagnano and Campana make a compromise with their territory.
In 1508 controversies between Campana and Fagnano come to an end.
In 1513 Campana and Stiffe are governed by a captain who is subaltern officer of the Captain of L’Aquila.
In 1527 during the reign of CarloV, Colle counts 73 fires.
1530 in a testament of Nicola Piccini of Villa di Opi, remembers that the clergy of Fagnano and Ripa are to be buried in the Church of S.Pietro.
In 1533 Eleonora Mendoza sells her land in Fagnano and Campana to Giuseppe Carafa.
In 1540 Opi is mentioned for the presence of "Fonte della Regina" and for the Nimeo River.
In 1554 the community of Rocca di Mezzo and Fagnano make peace by accepting the conditions proposed by the lord of the castle of L’Aquila and by Giovannangelo Silverio dei Piccolomini on the boundaries of their lands.
In 1582 Fagnano and Campana are accepted as part of Royal property.
In 1590 Campana is sold to Giovambattista Palmeris.
In 1596 Fagnano is resold to the brother and sister Ottavio and Isabella Vivis of L’Aquila, once barons of Campana.
In 1606 the brother and sister Ottavio and Isabella Vivis, once owners of Fagnano, obtain dominion of Campana.
In 1639 Nicoḷ Romanelli, who had become heir of the two Vivis, leaves the two properties of Fagnano and Campana to his sons Ottavio and Alessandro. In the same year the sons of Nicoḷ Romanelli sell Campana to Giuseppe Palmari.
In 1642 the same Romanelli heirs sell Fagnano to Antonio Geri Capponi of Amatrice.
In 1653 the sons of Capponi sell the estate of Fagnano to Francesco Alessandri dell’Aquila.
In 1669 the castle is still property of Ottavio Romanelli.