Guilmi
Guilmi is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Geography
It is located on a hill Colle San Giovanni nearby the Sinello valley, from which the skyline of the village clearly sticks out with the profile of the water cistern and the church of Santa Maria Immacolata.
History
According to legend, the village, then called Tripaldi, lay on both banks of the Sinello river, until it was destroyed around 1720 by an invasion of termites.
Festivals
The patron of Guilmi is Saint Nicholas of Bari, celebrated on May 4 and 5 with a procession in traditional costumes where the women carry on their heads the conca, that is a brass vase filled with traditional foods and sweets, which is sold in order to make offering to the church. Other feasts: St. Mary Magdalen on July 21. Sagra della ventricina on August 14. The ventricina is a typical salami from Guilmi made with pork meat and spices.
References
External links
- Guilmi descendant website (in Spanish)
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- Altino
- Archi
- Ari
- Arielli
- Atessa
- Bomba
- Borrello
- Bucchianico
- Canosa Sannita
- Carpineto Sinello
- Carunchio
- Casacanditella
- Casalanguida
- Casalbordino
- Casalincontrada
- Casoli
- Castel Frentano
- Castelguidone
- Castiglione Messer Marino
- Celenza sul Trigno
- Chieti
- Civitaluparella
- Civitella Messer Raimondo
- Colledimacine
- Colledimezzo
- Crecchio
- Cupello
- Dogliola
- Fallo
- Fara Filiorum Petri
- Fara San Martino
- Filetto
- Fossacesia
- Fraine
- Francavilla al Mare
- Fresagrandinaria
- Frisa
- Furci
- Gamberale
- Gessopalena
- Gissi
- Giuliano Teatino
- Guardiagrele
- Guilmi
- Lama dei Peligni
- Lanciano
- Lentella
- Lettopalena
- Liscia
- Miglianico
- Montazzoli
- Montebello sul Sangro
- Monteferrante
- Montelapiano
- Montenerodomo
- Monteodorisio
- Mozzagrogna
- Orsogna
- Ortona
- Paglieta
- Palena
- Palmoli
- Palombaro
- Pennadomo
- Pennapiedimonte
- Perano
- Pietraferrazzana
- Pizzoferrato
- Poggiofiorito
- Pollutri
- Pretoro
- Quadri
- Rapino
- Ripa Teatina
- Rocca San Giovanni
- Roccamontepiano
- Roccascalegna
- Roccaspinalveti
- Roio del Sangro
- Rosello
- San Buono
- San Giovanni Lipioni
- San Giovanni Teatino
- San Martino sulla Marrucina
- San Salvo
- San Vito Chietino
- Sant'Eusanio del Sangro
- Santa Maria Imbaro
- Scerni
- Schiavi di Abruzzo
- Taranta Peligna
- Tollo
- Torino di Sangro
- Tornareccio
- Torrebruna
- Torrevecchia Teatina
- Torricella Peligna
- Treglio
- Tufillo
- Vacri
- Vasto
- Villa Santa Maria
- Villalfonsina
- Villamagna
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