Ripa di Fagnano Alto

Ripa comes into historical notes in the late 1230s. It is believed that the village was founded during Frederick II's order to develop defensive outposts along the Abruzzo mountain ranges. Other villages such as Collepietro and Tocco are also believed to have been founded in the same era, close to when the region's capital L'Aquila, being founded in 1240.

Following World War II, a large percentage of Ripa's population emigrated, after the German occupation of the village had left little for the future of the new generation. Most of the towns people emigrated to Canada, while there were notable numbers who emigrated to Australia, the United States and Argentina. It is considered to be the main reason why the population has diminished to near abandoning.

The village distance 1.90 kilometres from the same town of Fagnano Alto where it belongs along with the villages of Campana (1.03 miles), Castello (1.76 miles), Colle (1.11 miles), Corbellino (0.50 km ), Frascara (2.12 miles), Opi (3.80 miles), Pedicchio (2.57 miles), Termine(1.34 km) and Vallecupa (- km). The village overlooks the valley of the river Aterno, about 752 meters from sea level and is approximately 20 kilometres from L'Aquila. It rises on a hill overlooking the valley from which appointed Ripa, whose origin would be assigned as the far side of the earth, that overhangs the water, especially the shore, the margin of a river, a stream of a stream. Its houses are built with mortar and stone still respects the original building with stables on the ground floor and housing on the first floor.