Goriano Sicoli
Goriano Sicoli is a comune and town in the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Goriano is a medieval town of about 600 people. A beautiful town on the top of a mountain in southeast Abruzzo, it was made somewhat famous by M. C. Escher in his print of the town which hangs in the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Italian historical documents reference Goriano beginning around 816, but local residents claim the town is early Roman and existed in some form over 2000 years ago.
Goriano Sicoli lies at the south east end of the Comunità Montana Sirentina region of Abruzzo. This group of mountain towns includes ski resorts, castles, a Roman bridge, water wheels and rural churches. The region runs along both sides of the river Aterno, which flows from the regional capital L'Aquila to the Adriatic Sea.
