The town of Pescosolido is at 630 m above sea level overlooking the Sora plains, in the province of Frosinone, about 120 km from Rome.
It was originally a pagus, a cluster of houses, as mentioned in the Montecassino Chronicles, and its name derives from the Oscan terms pesclum (rock) and solidum (solid), given that the town lies on a spur of rock, at the slopes of a limestone massif of the Apennines which acts as a watershed between the Liri and Fucino rivers, between the Liri Valley and the Comino Valley, on the edge of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise.
The municipality is mainly mountainous and ranges from altitude 317 m a.s.l. up to 2003 m a.s.l. at Monte Cornacchia.
The village was almost totally destroyed by the earthquakes of 1653 and 1915, which erased most of the evidence of the past leaving only Porta Codarda, but this favoured the urban expansion beyond the old town walls. Worth visiting are the numerous “cone”, small chapels placed at crossroads, and the parish church.
Along the Lacerno stream, which crosses the entire municipality, up to the borders with Campoli Appennino, you can see clear traces of the various communities who settled along its banks, ruins of houses, tombs, remains of aqueducts, in an impervious landscape that, before the unification of Italy, saw the deeds of the cruel and bloodthirsty brigand Mammone and the polite highwayman Chiavone, who admired Garibaldi.
For more information: Comune di Pescosolido