Villa Rosa is a ''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'' (subdivision) of the town of

Martinsicuro Martinsicuro (former Roman town of or ) is a town and (municipality) in province of Teramo, Abruzzo, central Italy. It is located on the right of the mouth of Tronto River. History Remains of a Bronze Age (10th-9th centuries BC) settlement were ...

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, in the

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region of

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History

The town began to develop in the second half of the 19th century with the name of Villa Franchi (they were a family of local landowners). In the early twentieth century it took the name of Villa Rosa. For a long time it was part of the municipality of

Colonnella Colonnella is a ''comune'' in the Province of Teramo in the Italian region Abruzzo of eastern Italy. It belongs to the Unione dei Comuni Città Territorio-Val Vibrata, an inter-municipal body that groups Colonnella with eleven neighboring towns. ...

, and subsequently detaching itself from it together with Martinsicuro in 1963.

Architecture

In the hamlet of Villa Rosa there are a few notable buildings, including Villa Franchi (late 19th century) in Via Roma-Via Petrolini; Villa Franchi (1902) in Via Filzi; Castellaccio Franchi (1850–1860) in C.da Civita; Villa Flaiani (1813–1860) in Via Col di Lana; the so-called ''Casette Flaiani'' (early 1900s) in Via Risorgimento.

References

Frazioni of the Province of Teramo {{Abruzzo-geo-stub