Aveia
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Aveia was an ancient town of the Vestini, on the Via Claudia Nova, 6 mi. S.E. of L'Aquila, N.E. of the modern village of Fossa, in Italy. Some remains of ancient buildings still exist, and the name Aveia still clings to the place. The identification was first made by V. M. Giovenazzi, Della Città di Aveia ne' Vestini (Rome, 1773). Paintings in the church of S. Maria ad Cryptas, of the 12th to 15th centuries, are important in the history of art. An inscription of a stationarius of the 3rd century, sent here on special duty (no doubt for the suppression of brigandage), was found here in 1902 (A. von Domaszewski, Rom. Mitt., 1902, 330).
Aveia is also Portuguese for oats.
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