Scanno
Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia
Henri Cartier-Bresson and Mario Giacomelli photographed Scanno's lanes and people, and a Giacomelli picture taken here, the Scanno Boy, entered New York's MoMA in 1964. The stone town climbs a slope of the Montagna Grande at about 1,050 metres, above the lake that shares its name, near the Abruzzo national park. Local women's traditional dress, with its turban-like headdress, shows an Eastern influence.
Highlights
- Lago di Scanno, a natural lake with watersports and a legend of a witch
- Madonna del Lago chapel, built into the rock above the lake road
- Santa Maria della Valle, a Romanesque church with medieval fresco traces
- The Gole del Sagittario nature reserve on the road up
- Scanno's traditional chocolate and almond biscuit
Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.
Population: 1,697
Things to see
Travel guide (Wikivoyage)
Scanno is a village in Abruzzo.
Events through the year
- Festa delle ChezetteYoung men serenade girls under windows in exchange for food
- Good Friday processionPassion procession with a Miserere sung
- Madonna del LagoStatue carried to the parish church for the month
- Feast of Saint Anthony of PaduaProcession of beams on Saturday, of bread rolls on Sunday
- Ju CatenacceRe-enactment of a Scanno wedding in traditional costume
- Torchlight display on the lakeFireworks-like display over Lake Scanno
- Feast of Saint Eustace
- Premio ScannoLiterary prize in several categories, held since 1972
- Glorie di San MartinoThe Glorie of Saint Martin are lit
- Living nativity sceneIn local traditional dress; ski school torchlight walk on New Year's Eve
Dates follow the traditional patterns described on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage: check locally before you travel.
Based on Wikivoyage (Scanno) (CC BY-SA).
Local food & wine
- Ricotta with black rindCheeseSheep's ricotta aged without light until the rind turns black
- GregorianoCheeseSheep's milk cheese with a sharp flavour
- Scanno pecorinoCheeseSheep's milk cheese from local pastures
- Cazzellitti with fuojaBread and pastaFlour and water gnocchi dressed with a wild mountain green and chilli
- Scanno lambDishCooked over embers or baked with potatoes
- Coglioni di muloCured meat
Based on Wikipedia (Scanno) (CC BY-SA).
Where to sleep
10 places to stay within 3 km
- Hotels 7
- Campsites 2
- Apartments and chalets 1
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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Thermal baths nearby
- Thermal spa: Terme Alte · ~1 h 06 by car
Data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Nearby member villages
- Villalago · 4.8 km
- Pettorano sul Gizio · 10 km
- Introdacqua · 12 km
- Anversa degli Abruzzi · 12 km
- Bugnara · 14 km