a town of Naples, in the province of Abruzzo Ultra II., in a fertile valley, 24 miles S.S.W. of Chieti. The valley is drained by the Sagittaria, an affluent of the Pescara, and forms an important pass across the Apennines. The town itself is old and gloomy; it is surrounded by walls, and it contains a fine cathedral, numerous other churches, monasteries and nunneries, and a town-hall in the cinque cento style. Dyeing, papermaking, the manufacture of catgut and of sausages, are carried on; and the town has long been celebrated for its confectionary. There are some remains of an ancient aqueduct with pointed arches. The ancient Sulmo, the birthplace of Ovid, stood near Sulmona. Pop. 9200.