In June 1814 the townspeople bought the bell-tower clock themselves, so that it would strike the hours and the quarters. The 1984 earthquake broke it for good; in the 2000s a new one arrived, computerised, paid for by people from Fornelli who had emigrated to the United States.
The town is first named in a ruling of 10 October 981, but it existed before then: it was probably a dependency of the abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno, and the name is thought to come from a kiln for bricks. From 1433 to 1525 it belonged to the Pandone. At Fornelli, in 1909, Annunziata Lombardi was born, the mother of Nancy Pelosi. The 1,925 residents make oil.
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📅 Every year, on 29 April, with co-patron Saint Dominic the Abbot recalled by the pilgrimage to Villalago
Fornelli celebrates Saint Peter Martyr on 29 April, in his church, heavily damaged by the seismic events of the 1980s; co-patron Saint Dominic the Abbot is recalled by the annual pilgrimage to his hermitage at Villalago.
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Outside Fornelli, but an easy day trip away.
