Alfedena Pictures

A member at Facebook has posted several great photos of Alfedena, from the early 1900's. If you are a member there, go take a look!

Alfedena and Facebook

I am happy to say that there are quite a few Alfedenese on Facebook. If you use Facebook, go to our page and join the group there. Alfedena-Loyal Wing Club is the name!

Alfedena on Flickr

There are many still photos of Alfedena on Flickr.com Use alfedena as your key word. Here is a link to cut and past on your browser that is a thread to many pictures of Alfedena taken by Christopher Belli http://www.flickr.com/photos/cbr99f4/733429228/in/photostream/. Here is another link http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=alfedena that is a menu for many different threads that show pictures of Alfedena.

Alfedena ON YouTube

I have found several videos of Alfedena on YouTube. Go to Youtube and type in Alfedena, and several videos will show.

Alfedena and the Earthquake in Abruzzo

I have been asked many times how Alfedena faired in the recent earthquake centered in L'Aquila. Alfedena was spared damage, however, some nerves were frayed. Hopefully northern Abruzzo recovers quickly from this tragedy.

08/24/08 Picnic

The Loyal Wing Club, is having their annual picnic at Dodge Park, Sterling Heights, MI on 08/24/08. This is the club for those of us who claim ancestry to Alfedena, Italy. Come if you can!

History of Alfedena

The history of Alfedena is well attested by the excavations, which started in 1885 with A. De Nino, and in 1897 the civic Museum was organized. During World War II, the collection was recovered at Chieti and is still waiting to be returned to Alfedena to be housed in a proper building. The artifacts consist mainly of bronze coins, arms, medals, ornaments and assorted ceramic vases, all recovered from the more than 1500 tombs excavated in the Roman necropolis in what is now Viale della Stazione, the road that leads to the railroad station.

Aufidena (Alfedena) was the capital of the Caraceni, a tribe of the Samnites and was situated north of the present main square on the left side of the Rio Torto, the small stream that divides the town. The remaining megalithic walls, about a mile long, are seen together with distinct evidence of the acropolis. It is interesting to know that of the original Italian tribes, which tried to block the expansion of Rome, the Samnites were the only ones, which actually defeated the Roman legions. In 321 B.C., at the Forche Caudine, the Romans were made to pass under a yoke. However, victory was short-lived. Aufidena was conquered by the roman consul Gneo Fulvio and by 272 B.C. Rome was master of what is now central and most of southern Italy. Aufidena became a faithful roman colony.