Parco Fluviale Augusto Daolio

The Parco Fluviale Augusto Daolio follows the Vella along the eastern edge of Sulmona's historic centre. Created in the 1980s as the Parco Fluviale del Vella, it was renamed in 1999 for Augusto Daolio, singer and painter, and founding voice of the band Nomadi.

Why it matters

The park is Sulmona's principal urban green space, combining tree-lined paths, places to sit, children's play areas and an open-air performance space. Its setting beside the Vella stream gives the city a public landscape along the riverbank.

What to notice

The park's tree cover shades paths and benches. A theatrical cavea built into the natural slope faces a stage area, with service rooms beside a portico. The layout brings together riverbank landscape and a venue for cultural events.

Context and history

The Vella rises on the slopes of the Majella and passes east of Sulmona's historic centre. In the 1980s the municipality organised part of its banks as a public park. The 1999 renaming honoured Augusto Daolio (1947–1992), co-founder of the Nomadi with Beppe Carletti and a painter as well as a musician.