Camarda is a frazione (parish or ward) in the comune of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is situated on the western slopes of the Gran Sasso, at about 800 meters above sea level, along the state road 17-bis that from goes up to Campo Imperatore passing through Paganica, Tempera, Assergi and , once an autonomous municipality before being aggregated to the capital and now seat of the ninth district of the municipality. In literature, it is known, above all, through the novella in rima entitled , a work by , published in 1857 and reprinted in 1858.