Luco dei Marsi
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| Comune di Luco dei Marsi | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | L'Aquila (AQ) |
| Mayor | Camillo Cherubini |
| Elevation | 680 m (2,231 ft) |
| Area | 44.61 km² (17 sq mi) |
| Population (as of 2005) | |
| - Total | 5,811 |
| - Density | 130/km² (337/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Luchesi |
| Dialing code | 0863 |
| Postal code | 67056 |
| Frazioni | Petogna |
| Patron | Madonna dell'Ospedale |
| - Day | last Sunday of August |
| Website: [1] | |
Luco dei Marsi is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is part of the Marsica.
The town was probably founded by the Roman Emperor Claudius to house workers in the drying of the Lacus Fucinus (Lake Fucino). The name dervies from a nearby wood, Lucus Angitiae, referring to a sorcerer of the Marsi Italic tribe.
During the Middle Ages it was a fief of the d'Avalos and then of the Colonna family
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