Located in the Aventino Valley, at the foot of the Maiella, in the past it was famous for its industry of woolen cloth called "taranta", a still thriving activity.

Meanwhile, over the years [clarification needed] the country is mentioned in some tenths due to some clericals and churches,[6] while in 1568, a tombstone with an epigraph in Latin is found.

During World War II, German supreme commander in Italy Albert Kesselring ordered the population to leave the town on October 26, 1943, as Taranta was across the Gustav Line.

[editorializing] The cave consists of a series of conduits and concrectioned rooms, equipped for tourist visits for about 800 meters, whose topography is largely governed by characters of D'Annunzio's tragedy The daughter of Iorio and more or less happy similarities.

It is also called Grotta della figlia di Iorio ('Cave of the Daughter of Iorio') because Francesco Paolo Michetti took inspiration from the entrance cave for the scenography of the second act of D'Annunzio's tragedy that was staged at the Teatro Lirico in Milan on March 4, 1904; and in the wake of the success of the vates' work, the cave attracted numerous visitors and scholars, many of whom described it in imaginative terms and rich in inspired metaphors.