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Abruzzo (US: / ɑː ˈ b r uː t s oʊ, ə ˈ-/, [3] [4] UK: / æ ˈ b r ʊ t s oʊ /; [5] Italian:; Abruzzese Neapolitan: Abbrùzze [abˈbruttsə], Abbrìzze [abˈbrittsə] or Abbrèzze [abˈbrɛttsə]; Aquilano: Abbrùzzu), historically known as Abruzzi, is a region of Southern Italy with an area of 10,763 square km (4,156 sq mi) and a population of 1.3 million.
Little is known about Teramo in the early Middle Ages, after first destruction of the city in the year 410 by the Visigoths under Alaric I. The Ostrogoths ruled Interamnia 552–554 AD. Right after the Gothic War (6th century), the city became a Byzantine possession. Teramo was included in the Marchia Firmana, part of the Exarchate of Ravenna.
Junket vaccination or Abruzzo sprisciocca, a soft fresh cheese made from raw whole cow's milk, rennet, and salt; Pecorino d'Abruzzo: one of Abruzzo's flagship products—a mild, semi-hard (or hard) cheese with holes, made from raw whole sheep's milk, rennet, and salt
Abruzzo's Gran Sasso d'Italia, the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps Southern Italy forms the lower part of the Italian "boot", containing the ankle ( Campania ), the toe ( Calabria ), the arch ( Basilicata ), and the heel ( Apulia ), Molise (north of Apulia) and Abruzzo (north of ...
La Scala operahouse in Milan is also renowned as one of the best in the world. Famous Italian opera singers include Enrico Caruso and Alessandro Bonci. Introduced in the early 1920s, jazz took a particularly strong foothold among Italians, and remained popular despite the xenophobic cultural policies of the Fascist regime. Today, the most ...
Montepulciano grapes growing in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is an Italian red wine made from the Montepulciano wine grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. It should not be confused with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, a Tuscan wine made from Sangiovese and other grapes. [1]
Licorice of Atri has been cultivated in Abruzzo since Roman times, and in the Middle Ages the friars already used it by extracting the juice; the region Abruzzo is after Calabria for licorice production. [4] Famous in Italy are the licorice trunks of the candy Tabù produced by the company R. De Rosa founded in 1836 in Atri in Abruzzo. [5]
Abruzzi e Molise between 1927 and 1963. Abruzzi e Molise (known as Abruzzi alone when part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies) is a former region of Italy encompassing a total of 16,600 km 2 (6,400 sq mi) and corresponding to the territories of Abruzzo, Molise and (until 1927) the Cittaducale District [] (presently a part of Lazio).