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The port of Pescara was conceived mainly as a staging area for use by numerous local fishing fleets, which had laid the foundations in the river in the second half of the 19th century. This project was created at the request of the navy to remedy the low water depths at the mouth of the river and the need to create an entry into deeper water ...
Pescara is situated at sea level on the Adriatic coast and has developed from some centuries BC onwards at the strategic position around the mouth of the Aterno-Pescara River. The coast is low and sandy and the beach extends, unbroken for some distance to both the north and the south of the river, reaching a width of approximately 140 metres ...
The port of Pescara. There are four main ports in Abruzzo: Pescara, Ortona, Vasto and Giulianova. Over the years, the Port of Pescara has become one of the most important tourist ports of Italy and the Adriatic Sea. Heavily damaged in World War II, it underwent major renovations for some sixty years.
Port of Pescara; Port of Augusta; Port of Bari; Port of Brindisi; Port of La Spezia; Port of Messina; Port of Palermo; Port of Reggio; Port of Salerno; Port of Savona; Port of Taranto; Port of Venice; Port of Pozzallo; Punta Sabbioni
The province of Pescara (Italian: provincia di Pescara; Abruzzese: pruvìngie de Pescàre) is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pescara, which has a population of 119,483 inhabitants. As of 2017, it has a total population of 319,936 inhabitants over an area of 1,230.33 square kilometres (475.03 sq mi).
ISTAT Code Comune Population (2005) 068001 Abbateggio: 447 068002 Alanno: 3,709 068003 Bolognano: 1,242 068004 Brittoli: 397 068005 Bussi sul Tirino: 2,920 068006
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The Aterno-Pescara (ancient Aternus from the Greek Aternos, Άτερνος) is a river system in Abruzzo, eastern central Italy. The river is known as the Aterno near its source in the mountains, but takes the name Pescara, actually a tributary, nearer the city of Pescara and the Adriatic Sea .