In the fifteenth century Giampaolo Cantelmo was appointed count of Ortona and Carrito dei Marsi . In the sixteenth century the bishop of Pescina elevated the church of San Giovanni Battista to a collegiate church . In the eighteenth century , serious natural disasters caused many inhabitants to move in the countryside around Rome . In 1915 the country has been seriously damaged by the earthquake of Avezzano . In the twentieth century the country was marked by the emigration . Many of its inhabitants moved to large Italian cities and to the United States of America
earthquake of Avezzano
1915 Avezzano earthquake
Ortona dei Marsi