Ocriticum

Ocriticum was an Italic and Roman town, the ruins of which are located in the comune of Cansano, in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy [1]. The presence of a large sacred area was decisive for the development of the village of Ocriticum; pilgrims, wayfarers, traders, shepherds stopped there to venerate the divinities [1]. The first temple built in the area dates to the end of the 4th century BC; originally it consisted of a single cell with an almost square base, with an entrance facing South-East around which there was a sacred garden delimited by a perimeter wall erected dry [1].