Abriola.
This village was subject to several dominations. First
the Arabian one, then the Swabian and the Longobard.
Later it became a fief of several feudal families.
On the central vault in the Main Church (XV century)
there are some frescos. In the Church there are also
a wooden statue of the 'Madonna delle Grazie' (XV
century), a canvas representing the 'Madonna col Bambino'
by Pietrafesa and a silver Cross for processions (XV
century).
Near the village there is the Sanctuary of Monteforte
and in its Church some frescos of the XII, XIII and
XVI centuries are kept.
A few miles distant from the village, there is the
'Piana del Lago', a very good ski slope. Between Maruggio
Mountain and Arioso Mountain there is the 'Rifugio
della Maddalena', surrounded by an evocative wood
in which, according to an old legend, the martyrdom
of San Gianuario, Bishop of Carthage, took place.
