Guilmi
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Guilmi | |
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| Comune di Guilmi | |
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Location of Guilmi  | |
  Guilmi Location of Guilmi in Italy  Guilmi Guilmi (Abruzzo) | |
| Coordinates: 42°0′N 14°29′E / 42.000°N 14.483°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Abruzzo |
| Province | Chieti (CH) |
| Area | |
• Total | 12 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 674 m (2,211 ft) |
| Population (2004)[2] | |
• Total | 486 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 66050 |
| Dialing code | 0872 |
Guilmi is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
It is located on a hill Colle San Giovanni nearby the Sinello valley, from which the skyline of the village clearly sticks out with the profile of the water cistern and the church of Santa Maria Immacolata.
History
According to legend, the village, then called Tripaldi, lay on both banks of the Sinello river, until it was destroyed around 1720 by an invasion of termites.
