LETTOMANOPPELLO

(Pg. 3)

Page 25 (people/places 2003) Page 26 (new hotel - La Noce) Page 27 (people/places 2003) Page 28 (people/places 2003) Page 29 (Nino Di Pietrantonio) Page 30 (people/places 2003) Page 31 (Anagrafe / Stato Civile) Page 32 (people/places 2004) Page 33 (people/places 2004) Page 34 (people/places 2004) Page 35 (Church of S. Nicola 2005) Page 36 for future construction

Page 1 (history/photos) Page 2 (history/photos) Page 3 (history/photos) Page 4 (photos) Page 5 (photos) Page 6 (photos) Page 7 ( festa) Page 8 (stone-sculpting) Page 9 (Iconicella) Page 10 (people/places) Page 11 (people/places) Page 12 (festa 2000)

Page 13 (Marcinelle) Page 14 (Marcinelle) Page 15 (people/places 2001) Page 16 (people/places 2001) Page 17 (people/places 2001) Page 18 (people/places 2001) Page 19 (people/places 2001) Page 20 (sculpting school) Page 21 (fonte) Page 22 (old photos) Page 23 (history) Page 24 (street map)

Old postcard view of Piazza Umberto 1 in Lu Lette, the square where the Municipio (Town Hall) is located.  The municipio is the blue-grey building on the right.

Two plaques memorializing those who were lost in World War I (left) and World War II (right) are attached to the front of the Municipio in Lu Lette.  Some of these family names probably look very familiar to you.  During World War II Lu Lette and La Rocca and the area around them were controlled by the Germans, who apparently maintained an outpost on Blockhaus.  For the most part it seems that  the townspeople lived peacefully under the German authorities, but there were apparently some partisans who resisted and who hid themselves on Blockhaus and sniped at the Germans, just as in the 19th century they had hidden on the mountain and resisted the government troops stationed there to insure the unification of Italy.

Field of olive trees and wild poppies between Manoppello and Lettomanoppello.  The poppies are everywhere in May.

The grey stone building in this picture is the farmhouse in the Fonte Marte section of Lettomanoppello that belonged to Valentino Addario and his wife Pasquarosa d'Alfonso; the white building behind it is a new home on the same property.  Valentino and Pasquarosa emigrated to the US in 1910 and later sold the farm.  Its age is unknown, but it is quite old and had no electricity, plumbing or central heating when Pasquarosa lived there.  She and the other neighborhood women did their laundry in a brook that flowed from Fonte Marte, the spring next to the house.  There are many ancient farms like this one throughout the area, many of them abandoned.

LuLett | La Rocca | The Area | Other Towns | "Stories" Lu Lette Surnames | La Rocca Surnames | Maps | Family Nicknames Organizations & Events | Scrapbook | Genealogy Help | Links Sign Our Guestbook | Home | View Our Guestbook   *DOWNLOAD LU LETTE AND LA ROCCA SONGS*  *DIALECT VERSE ABOUT A LETTESE AND A ROCCOLANO*  *MARIA DI COSTANTINOPOLI LYRICS & LINK TO SONG DOWNLOAD*

Lu Lette Pg. 2

Lu Lette Pg. 4