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Abruzzo (Abruzzi or) is a political region of Italy, with capital L'Aquila. According to the official classification NUTS, Abruzzo belongs to southern Italy. This is due to the fact that the first expansion of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Abruzzo belonged to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, corresponding to the current southern Italy, while most of the Lazio belonged to the Papal States, traditionally made to coincide with the 'central Italy, except for Sora and the surrounding district of Gaeta, which were included in the Two Sicilies (Department of Earth Work).
In fact, the statistical NUTS resumed compartments identified by ISTAT, which also correspond to electoral districts for representatives to the European Parliament. It occupies an area of 10,798 km ² and has a population of 1,326,393 inhabitants. It is divided into four provinces: L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara and Teramo. Bordered on the north with the Marches, east is washed by the Adriatic Sea, west and south with Lazio Molise. Mountainous region, consists of mountains and the remaining hills. The region has the highest peaks of the Apennines with Continental Gran Sasso of Italy (Big Horn) and the Maiella massif (Monte Amaro). The plain is composed of a narrow coastal strip that follows the coastline. The main rivers are the Sangro and Vomano flowing into the Adriatic Sea. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abruzzo is a largely mountainous region in the central. The mountain valleys are open to the south and put in communication with the low Lazio, Campania and Puglia. Consequently, the history of Abruzzo is closely linked to the rest of Southern Italy in particular with which it shares eight centuries of common membership of a nation (Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) Historically the name comes from the Abruzzo dell'Aprutium the county, located in Teramo, and in turn derives from the name Aprutium Pretuziano of people that inhabited that land. Abruzzo throughout history has never been a unified territory. It was formerly divided between a large number of people including Marsi, Vestini Peligni, Marrucini, Frentani. Over the centuries the Abruzzi was often divided into two regions: one north of the river Aterno and the other south of the River. This division was followed by the two regions and Augustan Picenum Samnium. In medieval times the border dividing the two sull'Aterno Lombard duchies of Spoleto and Benevento. And from the thirteenth century the two regions were called-Abruzzo and Hither Abruzzo-again. The natural division of Abruzzo has been revived recently with the detachment of Molise. As there is no political center, the numerous cities of Abruzzo, very ancient and brilliant civilizations, each followed their own story independently. So Marruvium and Corfinium centers were pre-Roman, Atri and Amiternum flourished under the Roman Empire, Sulmona and L'Aquila flourished in the Middle Ages, while Pescara belongs to modern history. The following sets out the chronological history of Abruzzo divided by major historical periods.
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