Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages Festival
Edition 2025 Finished Free Gastronomy Nature Hiking

Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages Festival

28 Jun 2025 — 29 Jun 2025
Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi — L'Aquila (066)

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Edition 2025 — Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages

The second edition of the Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages Festival was held on June 28 and 29, 2025, with Navelli as the central hub of the event. The theme addressed urban and social regeneration of small towns and inland areas of Abruzzo. Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi took part as a member municipality of the newly formed Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages Association, which brings together fifteen villages on the southern slopes of the massif.

2025 Edition

The second edition, hosted mainly in Navelli, focused on the urban and social regeneration of small towns and inland areas of Abruzzo, with round tables on quality tourism, depopulation, and territorial development. Among the topics presented were the Plateau Trails, the NEO project for attracting new residents, and the Crater Ecomuseum.

The event, promoted by the Il Bosso Cooperative and the GAL Gran Sasso Velino, saw the participation of senators, regional representatives, and cultural institutions, as well as administrators from the fifteen municipalities of the network, including Villa Santa Lucia degli Abruzzi. There were also moments dedicated to Abruzzo folk culture and local gastronomy.

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Gran Sasso Storytelling Villages in brief

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