Santo Stefano di Sessanio

S.STEFANO DI SESSANIO

Sexantio was the name of a Roman village that rose nearby the present medieval village that is located inside of the National Park Great Sasso-Monti della Laga.
During the Middle Ages Santo Stefano di Sessanio is under the political and territorial dominion of the Carapelle's Barons, that subsequently belonged also to two Tuscan families: the Piccolomini before and the Medici later. The Medici held it until 1743, a period of maximum splendor thanks to the flourishing commerce of the “carfagna” wool, produced here, worked in Tuscany and then sold all over Europe.
With the term of the activity millenarian of the transumanza (sheeps' migration) it began a period of decline of the village with a strong reduction of the population due to the phenomenon of the emigration.

Recently the village is having a rebirth, thanks to the tourism, stimulated at the beginnig with the investments of a small businessman of Swedish origins, who has acquired part of the village to restored it for tourist use.
Santo Stefano di Sessanio keeps intact its medieval appearance with walls and the sighting tower, courts, patios, covered alleys and passages. In the houses are present ulterior elements like arches, loggias, portals and fireplaces in stone.

S.STEFANO SESSANIO
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