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Pescara (Italian: [pesˈkaːra] ⓘ; [3] Abruzzese: Pescàrë; Pescarese: Piscàrë) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy.It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) [4] residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). [5]
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).
The bombing of Pescara was a series of attacks by the United States Army Air Force on the city of Pescara in Abruzzo, Italy during World War II. The raids caused thousands of civilian casualties and left 80 % of the city destroyed or damaged.
Before joining the Kingdom of Italy, Città Sant'Angelo was the administrative centre from 1837 to 1848 in the Distretto di Città Sant'Angelo, an administrative unit of Abruzzo Ulteriore Primo (the future Province of Teramo), a province of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It returned to Penne County when the administrative centre was returned ...
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.
Aternum was a Roman town, on the site of Pescara, in Italy. Some historians also refer to Aternum with the name of Ostia Aterni , [ 1 ] due to its location at the mouth of the river Aternus . Being connected to Rome through the Via Tiburtina and its extension the Via Valeria , Aternum played a crucial in connecting the capital to the Eastern ...
Penne (Italian pronunciation:, locally; Pònne in the local dialect) is an Italian town in the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region, in mid-southern Italy. According to the last census in 2014 the population was 12,451. [3] It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). [4]
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 ...