The Colle Mitra is the highest part of the hill located on the border between the districts of Cansano and Pettorano sul Gizio.  The wall joined the many fortified centres, dating back to the Roman Italic period, which were scattered on the higher levels of the Peligna Valley and starts from an altitude of 920m above sea level, at the "Valletta Spring", rising to an altitude of 1094m above sea...

The archaeological site of Ocriticum is located on a plateau a few kilometres from Cansano, at the foot of the Colle Mitra hill, which about two thousand years ago was home to one of the villages within the administrative territory of Sulmona. The oldest sources testify to the existence of a mansio (a dwelling or abode) in this location, called Iovis Larene, also mentioned in the Tabula...