Picciano

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =
official_name = Comune di Picciano
region = Abruzzo
mapx = 42.5
mapy = 13.9
name = Picciano
province = Pescara (PE)
elevation_m = 153
area_total_km2 = 7
population_as_of = December 31, 2006
population_total = 1398
population_density_km2 =195
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|42|28|N|13|59|E
frazioni = Piccianello, Pagliari, Colletti, Le Piane, Incotte, Casette, Colli, Fontanelle.
telephone = 085
postalcode = 65010
gentilic = Piccianesi
saint = San Vincenzo Ferreri
day = 1st Sunday after Easter
mayor = Marino Marini
Picciano is a village in Italy in the Province of Pescara, within the Abruzzo region. Its population at the end of 2006 was 1,398.

History

Picciano is first mentioned in 1049 when Bernardo Earl of Penne, with the "Charta Offersionis", gave fields and buildings to build a Benedictine abbey in its hills. This is the first indication of the existence of a town called "Picciano". and could be considered its "terminus ante quem".

Many legends are known about the origin of the name "Picciano", the most believable talks about shepherds devoted to the Goddess Pithia; other variants of the name, found in the "Charta Convenientiae", is "Piczano" so that perhaps the name of the town can be dated back to the Early Middle Age, avoiding conjectures about Roman origins.