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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. Having the greatest discharge basin of the rivers flowing into the Adriatic Sea south of the Reno , the Aterno has its origin in the Monti della Laga , near Montereale and Lago di ...
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 ...
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Tocco da Casauria is a comune and town in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. The centre was known for centuries as simply Tocco, and the name "da Casauria" was added only after 1861. It rises on a hill between the Pescara river and the Arolle, a small stream, against the background of the Maiella.
Chieti Scalo developed thanks to Chieti railway station, along the ancient layout of Via Tiburtina, in the valley of the Pescara river. Chieti Alta (Italian for "Upper Chieti") reaches a maximum altitude of 348 metres (1,142 ft) above the sea level , and extends in a south-west to north-east direction.
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 ...
The plateau where the Church of Our Lady of the Angels is today, between the Pescara River and the intersection connecting SP 56 (heading toward the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria and Torre de' Passeri) to the SS 5, which traces the ancient Via Tiburtina Valeria, is the site of the Interpromium settlement on which numerous archaeological finds have been unearthed dating back to different ...
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