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Abruzzo
 Teramo, L'Aquila,
Sulmona, Chieti, Pescara, Vasto
 Abruzzo is a region
of central Italy bordering Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and
south-west, Molise to the south-east and the Adriatic Sea to the east.
Until 1963 it was part of the Abruzzi e Molise region. The term Abruzzi
is an obsolete plural denomination from a time when the Bourbons
administered the territory as Closer Abruzzo and Further Abruzzo.
The regional capital is L'Aquila. The region is divided into four
provinces: L'Aquila, Teramo, Chieti and Pescara, Abruzzo's main
economic centre. The four provinces are further divided into 305
municipalities. Abruzzo has a population of around 1.3 million.
The region covers 10,794 km² almost two-thirds of
which is mountainous. The remainder of the land consists of hills
sloping to a narrow plain that runs for most of the 129 kilometre long
Adriatic coastline. The Apennine mountain chain runs through the
Abruzzo and high points are the Gran Sasso (2914m) and the Maiella
Massif (2795m). The main rivers are the Aterno-Pescara, the Sangro and
the Tronto.
One third of the region is designated as national or regional park
The region is rich in natural beauties and history, but is only just
starting to be discovered by mass tourism. Abruzzo's wealth of castles
and medieval towns, especially near the town of L'Aquila has earned it
in some quarters the nickname of "Abruzzoshire", by analogy with the
"Chiantishire" nickname sometimes used to refer to the Chianti area of
Tuscany.
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Abruzzo
Basilicata
Calabria
Campania
Emilia-Romagna
Friouli-Venezia
Giulia
Latium
Liguria
Lombardy
Marche
Molise
Umbria
Piedmont
Apulia
Sardinia
Sicily
Tuscany
Trentino-South
Tyrol
Aosta Valley
Veneto
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