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L'Aquila is a clear imprint of the medieval mountain town, provincial capital and the region, which since time immemorial is alive a tradition of wood carving, embossed copper processing and production of artistic pottery, in the economic prevailing local tertiary but should not be neglected yet vital role of agriculture and the growing industry. The community of L'Aquila, whose aging index is average, is scattered in many places (Aragno, Arischia, Assergi, Bath, Bazzano, Camarda, Casalino, Cese, Civita di Bagno, Collebrincioni, Preturo Colle, Colle di Roio, Colle di Sassa, Collefracido, Couples, Fillet, Foce, Genzano, Menza Monticchio Onna, Paganica-Tempera, Straw, Palombaia of Tornimparte, Pescomaggiore, Pianola, Poggio di Roio, Poggio Santa Maria, Pozza Preturo, Roio Floor, St. Benedict, St. Gregory, St. Mark, St. Victorinus and Sassa), which revolve around the capital city. The municipality has a geometric profile varied wooded hillsides and prairies bordering grazing because the cultivated plain.

In the coat of arms, granted by Royal Decree, is depicted crowned eagle turn to written PHS and motionless MANET.

LOCATION

Aquila borders embrace a wide valley watered by the river Aterno average, the mountains and Ocre Puzzillo and a slice of the Gran Sasso. them Its capital is located at the point where the road no The Abruzzi Apennines born 17 No 80, Gran Sasso of Italy and No. 5 a-Vestina Sarentina; is served by rail-Terni-RietiL'Aquila Sulmona and touched by the motorway Rome-Teramo (A24), which is accessed through the toll booths of L'Aquila East and West. Is happy then its position: it can easily reach the port on the Adriatic Sea, which is 99 km, but also the airport of Rome / Fiumicino airport, located 141 km. The port of Civitavecchia (Rome) is 193 km.

The city, which belongs to the mountain community Amiternina, is the focal point of the Eagle, a reference for institutions and a generous source of employment.

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

The medieval town was founded at the initiative of the people of the area and with the approval of the Swabians, the middle of the thirteenth century, according to legend, gave their contribution to its birth 99 castles. The city grew in importance under the Angevin under the famous Via degli Abruzzi, commercial artery between Naples and Florence, and he remained prosperous throughout the fifteenth century, despite the terrible siege inflicted by Braccio da Montone in 1424 and the bloody infighting between the Camponeschi of rival families, the louts and pre-tactical. With the Spanish government, however, slowly began its decline and weakened the traditional enterprise of its merchants. Having given ample evidence of loyalty to the Bourbon regime, distinguished himself during the Risorgimento as the cradle of the strongest instances na ntistiche slopes.

The monuments that embellish the urban, mostly restored or rebuilt after the earthquake of 1713, can not be fully passed in review: In addition to the monumental architecture noble along the main streets of the historic center, worth highlighting the Basilica of St. Bernardino (1454-1472) is ceramic and is shown in a dress-eighteenth century, the church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio began in 1287, has a fourteenth-century facade, a coating of white and pink marble blocks and three magnificent portals' s imposing sixteenth century castle, built on the ruins of a small fortress, and the famous fountain of 99 spouts, so that the number of masks from which water escapes.

STRUTTURAINTERNA

Economic welfare derives: from agriculture still strong, which fuels the production of Montepulciano and Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, vibrant and growing industry, represented by manufacturing plants, paper, electronic, engineering, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, from dynamic trade and financial structure, which favors the consolidation of business realities. The large number of private television and radio stations, periodicals premises, clubs and cultural associations are a clear indication of the quality of life, favored by the system infrastructure. The city hosts the headquarters of the mountain community of L'Aquila and Use of School District No. 1 and all locations that compete as bureaucratic capital of the province and region, is equipped with the most decisive social structures of many secondary schools of the second degree, as well as other facilities for higher education (ISEF and Academy of Fine Arts), a music conservatory and the prestigious University of L'Aquila; boasts museums, theaters and cinemas, an auditorium and numerous libraries, have large hotel complexes and fine restaurants, youth hostels and camping, has a wide range of sports facilities and offers highly qualified health care through three specialized clinics, two hospitals, two clinics, a breast center, rehabilitation institutions and family counseling.

FESTIVALS & EVENTS

The historical and architectural heritage serves as a backdrop to the religious and secular events that happen throughout the year, do not miss the Good Friday procession and the feast of "forgiveness Celestine" (Aug. 28), with a historic parade. " Much sought after for winter sports and the ski resort of Campo Imperatore, making use of some lifts and a gondola. The Patron Saint Maximus is celebrated on June 10.

The city twinned with York (Canada), Cuenca (Spain), Rottweil (Germany), gave birth, among others, the historian Anton Ludovico Antinori, the leaders Braccio da Montone and Muzio Sforza Attendolo and journalist Edward Scarfoglio.

The fame of this resort is enhanced by the large number of events that mark the passing of summer. Of particular note, the festival of theater set up in the streets of Old Town in July and August, the feast of Our Lady of Portosalvo the second Sunday in August with a procession of fishing boats carrying the statue of the Virgin, the international music festival jazz and black music "sound worlds` and the festival of "buskers, street performers who perform in impromptu involving tourists and locals.

The feast of the Patron Saint Flavian is celebrated on November 24.

Giulianova is a coastal town rebuilt in the Middle Ages in an area of low hills which had housed the earliest settlements, is an important seaside resort, a lively fishing port and an industrial and commercial. The community has a Giulianova aging index in the media in its distribution tends to concentration: the tiny cluster of urban homes and places of Colleranesco Trento, Villa and Villa Volpe Pozzoni fact represent Appendices suburban municipal seat, on trail of an irresistible expansion of tourist-residential construction, is welded Tortoreto joining the large coastal conurbation north of Abruzzo. On the coast down hills and sandy blend the soft profile, neat rows of pine trees and groups of palm trees, interspersed with small flower beds, shade the picturesque promenade giuliese. Giulianova is situated on a small hill near the mouth of the river Tordino, the capital city has imprisoned its expansion in the longitudinal arteries that run along the Adriatic coast: the town stretches linearly on both sides of the road no 16 Adriatic, the point where it crosses the No 80, Gran Sasso of Italy, is also the railway junction where the lines meet Teramo-Giulianova and Bologna-Bari and is just 6 km from the exit of Teramo-Giulianova the Bologna-Taranto (Al 4), equipped with port facilities undergoing modernization, communicates with the tourist and commercial port of Pescara and the airport "Pasquale Liberi, 45 and 47 km away, by the director of coastal and therefore suffers from congestion during summer months. The international airport of Rome / Fiumicino and the important seaport of Civitavecchia (Rome) are respectively 220 and 270 km.

For many common inland hill town of Teramo this coast is the reference point for relations with the institutions for research work.

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

In Roman times the rose flourishing center of Castrum Novum, which was completely razed by the Saracens; rebuilt, it took the name of Caste) Flavian and in 1382 became the feud of Acquaviva. Around 1460, after malaria epidemic and a devastating battle between Federico da Montefeltro and Piccinino, quest'originario village was depopulated rapidly and its people he appointed a new one, which assumed its present name in honor of Duke Giuliantonio Acquaviva.

At the point where there was the Roman port was built in the fourteenth century church of Santa Maria a Mare, partially rebuilt after the damage suffered during the Second World War, at the top instead of the town stands the cathedral of St. Flavian, with an octagonal dome and a large modern sculptures are kept inside

INTERNAL STRUCTURE

For most of the year can maintain a

relative peace that favors the normal course of daily activities, pending the arrival of summer vacationers. Revolve around this event an overwhelming number of economic activities: the welfare of the community, if it arises only in the alternative the cultivation of cereals, vegetables, grapes and olives, from traditional crafts (woodworking, weaving baskets, construction glass stained and processing of coral), numerous industrial companies which adhere to the road layout of longitudinal and transverse area and operating in the food, engineering, packaging, footwear and construction materials. The main economic resource is represented by the seaside tourism, led by its trade and various services, which have experienced a good statement of the claim. The intellectual vitality of the community has resulted in forms of partnerships with cultural and recreational interests in the emergence of a radio station and a local magazine and in infrastructure development. the town is home to courts and public finance, a company of police, customs and maritime district office, has two orphanages and has a high school, an industrial technical school and two vocational schools, has some libraries, an art gallery and a cinema has great hotels, campsites and beaches located along the shoreline next to restaurants and nightlife has a pool, a tennis shot, skating rink and go-karts, bowling, tennis tennis, football and basketball, its facilities include a health specialist clinic, a hospital center, a center for mental health, a rehabilitation institute and a family counseling.

Città Sant'Angelo is a medieval town perched on a hill, the site of an ancient settlement, its craftsmen working the iron and produce fireworks and its economy is driven by an entrepreneurial spirit. The scattered houses and small urban centers that dot the agricultural district (Alzano, Cassette, Crucifix, Fagnani, Fonte Nuova, San Giacomo, San Rocco and San Vittore) house a large portion of the community affected or nge civitasan The Angolans, whose aging index is between the normal values, the rest is distributed in some settlements of small claims (Annunziata, Cypress, Cona, human sources, Our Lady of Peace, St. Martin High and Low) and in the capital city, which spread across on a ridge in the direction of the seaside resort of Marina, combined with the large conurbation Pescara. The municipal area covers the coastal hills and the narrow coastal plain that vanishes in the low and sandy beach. In the landscape, which alternates orderly rows of vines and uniform carpet of arable also shines silvery olive trees.

In the coat of arms, granted by decree of President of the Republic, S. Michael holds a spear in his right hand which is about to stab the snake and the left holds a scale, in "points" a number of houses and a church symbolize the town.

LOCATION

On the crest of the watershed between the valleys of the river Up the river and the road network that runs Piomba, not far from the capital city, joins the road no 16 Adriatic at the exit Pescara Nord Città Sant'Angelo-Bologna-Taranto motorway (A14) and the station, located on the railway line Bologna-Bari. Thanks to major arteries coastal links with the tourist and commercial port and the airport "Pasquale Liberi, distant respectively 18 and 20 km, not normally involve discomfort, even in the summer months may experience congestion. It also easily reach the international airport of Rome / Fiumicino and the important seaport of Civitavecchia (Rome), despite the 248 and 300 km away.

From the rest of the conurbation central Abruzzo, which is an integral part, and especially from Pescara, the town depends for consumption, for bureaucratic and need to search for work.

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

It is no longer reason to dispute the identification of the settlement with the settling suit Angulus, that very famous for salt and fine wines, had the title of Civitas since the year 875, even then we talked about a port, which was plundered by the inhabitants of Montesilvano Ortona and then destroyed. Later, in the context of conflict between the Papacy and the Empire, even the village was razed, by Frederick II, because in line with the positions of the Church and rebuilt long contended, was assigned, among others, to Carata, the Piccolomini, the rookies and the children. The ancient devotion to the papacy is evidenced by a rich religious architecture, among which the thirteenth-century cathedral St. Michael, probably

mind rebuilt on the ruins of a sacred building of the ninth century with a facade partly covered by a bell tower of the eighteenth century, the church of S. Francis, with finely carved portal, and those of Santa Chiara, a typical baroque style, circular with three chapels, and St. Augustine. The smaller building in the historic center for the most part as a seven-nineteenth century.

INTERNAL STRUCTURE

This economic structure is fraught with turmoil. Agriculture and industry have established an effective synergy: viticulture, in fact, it connects to the production of ruby wine and olive oil mills is made from genuine precious oil and particularly tasty. The industry in this area of Angola with clothing and furniture factories with workshops and electromechanical engineering, also has deep ties with the tertiary-sector credit, in particular, generates pulses favorable to the stabilization and growth of productive -. The tourist experience in recent years has stimulated the creation of modern infrastructure. The common features of ordinary municipal offices and post offices, two nursing homes, a library, school and a compulsory school master; plenty of accommodation (hotels, restaurants and campsites), sports (swimming pool discovery, pala77etto sports, gyms, a soccer field available to local clubs, riding stables and surface areas for the game of tennis, mini-golf and basketball) and health care facilities (a private clinic, a family counseling, an X-ray room and a laboratory analysis).

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Tourism resort in Marina di Città Sant'Angelo, history, art and peace in the capital city: there is something for everyone in this town vibrant and dynamic, and visitors in Serbia has its specialties and its typical products. Agostini festivals, in particular, are dedicated to the famous "scrippelle"-l 'equivalent of the French crepe-and pizza, and in September we celebrate the virtues of local grapes, hanging from inviting and festive floats.

The Patron Saint Michael is celebrated on Monday following the third Sunday of September.

Alba Adriatica Abruzzo resort

Coastal town of uncertain origin lying at the foot of a hill, which produces handcrafted leather goods, the economy is permeated by an entrepreneurial spirit, which seeks mainly to promote tourism activities and their induced. Albensi the community, which has an aging index in line with the average values, lies almost entirely in the capital city, the latter is longitudinally extended along the coast until you reach the ends of the adjacent towns of Villa Rosa (Martinsicuro) and Tortoreto, which belong to the conurbation of the northern coast of Teramo. A soft hills and plains of the municipal district are covered by an extension of cultivated lands to the gates of the dwelling that overlooks the low and sandy coast, bordered by pine trees and a pleasant stroll.

In the coat of arms, granted by decree of President of the Republic, the sun shining rays arises from the rippled surface of the sea.

LOCATION

The municipality covers a slice of the hills and coastal plain Teramo-on precision that overlooks the right bank of the river below them Vibra-capital city, served by the railway line Bologna-Bari is an important road junction: rises the point where the highway No 16 crosses the Adriatic No 259 Val Vibrata, which connects via Ascoli Piceno No state 81 PicenoAprutina. [The Bologna-Taranto motorway (A14) runs alongside the village but the nearest gate of access is the toll of San Benedetto del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno, located at 9 km away. With traffic arteries coastal links to port facilities in San Benedetto del Tronto (AP), 9 kilometers away, will not normally no discomfort, except for summer months when the intensification of traffic also hinder the achievement of 'Airport Pasquale Liberi "which is 58 km of the Intercontinental Rome / Fiumicino and the important seaport of Civitavecchia (Rome) sites, respectively, 230 and 282 km away.

The town depends Teramo and Giulianova for relations with the institution, in Tortoreto and the provincial capital is targeted for research work.

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

Do not know the date of birth of the village but it is assumed that from the beginning had a function as a watchtower. The first mention of the town is contained in a document of 1133 and other available sources show that his fortunes were always tied to those of nearby Tortoreto, which broke away in 1956, gaining full administrative autonomy.

A tower, equipped with a large cistern for collecting rainwater on the ground floor is the most characteristic evidence of the past and was erected as a bulwark against enemies who could attack at any time by the sea, the unarmed local population .

The exploitation of tourism four kilometers of coastline belonging to this town in Abruzzo began just over thirty years ago.

INTERNAL STRUCTURE

The quality of life relies on an economy rich in enzymes. Agriculture is practiced intensively with appropriate techniques but no longer the primary source of livelihood, as well as the substantial contribution while clothing and leather goods manufacturing industry is much lower than the service sector: the shops, in fact, are constantly growing and is expanding the services sector, within which the credit sector generates pulses albense conducive to stabilizing the economy. Of the current phase of a tourism boom is skillfully cultivated by the enterprising community that has worked for the creation of modern infrastructure. The municipality does not host important sites red tape and offers only schools for primary education and secondary level, however, has plenty of hotels, restaurants, campsites, discos and nightclubs, as well equipped bathing establishments, arranged neatly along the coast , has a bowling alley and some gymnasiums, tennis and football, the local team (Alba Adriatica Football Association) in the minor leagues-military, its facilities include a health clinic for first aid and a summer family counseling .

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

Win the favor of tourists is the primary goal towards which the efforts of community albense. It is therefore natural that in the summer months to focus efforts more organizational commitment (food festivals, concerts of classical music and light, theatrical performances, sports tournaments, exhibitions and the "summer carnival" that opens the festivities of the Assumption).

The Patron Saint Eufemia is celebrated on September 16. The town was, until 31 December 1996 land in "late development", covered by Objective 1 defined by Regulation (EEC) No 2052/88 of 24 June 1988, for those areas which includes a series of providences implemented through the use of so-called "structural funds" Union. The measures under consideration to achieve: the communications infrastructure and telecommunications, to limit the consequences of perificità, energy and water supply, to reduce external dependence, research and development to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, vocational training and business services .