title: Fossa, Abruzzo
text: # Fossa, Abruzzo
  
  Fossa is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Bernardino of Fossa was born in the town. The 2009 L'Aquila earthquake caused a bridge to collapse in Fossa, and caused extensive damage to the residential buildings in the town. The town was the epicentre of a major aftershock 5.4 Mw on April 7, 2009.
  
  ## Main sights
  
  * Castle
  * Santa Maria ad Cryptas
  * Necropolis of Fossa
  
  ## Transport
  
  Fossa has a stop on the Terni–Sulmona railway, with trains to L'Aquila and Sulmona.
  
  