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Pescara
Pescara is a town of Abruzzo, the capital of the province. Located at the mouth of the river Aterno-Pescara, has a population of 122,768 inhabitants and a conurbation which has about 350,000. Until 1927 the territory of the town of Pescara was divided between the two towns of Pescara in the south of the river in the province of Chieti, and Castellammare Adriatico, north of the river in the province of Teramo and under the town of giuristizione Città Sant'Angelo (where he then established the Court's jurisdiction).
With the unification of the two municipalities, falling within the broader project of reorganization of the fascist Italian local authorities, was also established Provincia.Il main street of the city is Corso Umberto I, which ends on Renaissance Square, better known as Piazza Salotto, and reaches First place in the Riviera in May. The buildings of the province and the town hall square are in Italy, near the River. Manthonè course, the course of the old Pescara, has, for several years, became the center of nightlife. In the south of the city, was created in the area offices that are in the area between the new town court and the seat of the faculties of economics, architecture, literature and foreign languages University Gabriele d'Annunzio. The history of Pescara is little known and is still partly obscure. According to some scholars, the first inhabitants of Pescara founded a village on the banks of the river in Roman times was called Vicus Aterno and thereafter he was given the name Aternum, named after the river that there had his mouth; Roman era Pescara is also used to indicate the name of Ostia Aterno precisely because of the role of hub routes comunicazione.Con the fall of the Roman Empire and the advent of the barbarians, the story of Aternum becomes dark, like that of most City minori.Intorno 1000, Aternum changes its name and becomes Piscaria by reference, it seems, the abundance of fish in the area and the river is called Piscarius; the village ended up among the appliances of the Abbey of Montecassino. In later centuries the center of Pescara was then crossroads of assaults by the Normans in 1140 and the local lords and powerful time, until the Spanish Emperor Charles V was not slow to arrive and Avalos were reinstated in what later became the marquis of Pescara, in the meantime also attributed to the Marchesa Vittoria Colonna.Solo with the stabilization of political power, beginning a new and prosperous period in the history of the city, especially its strategic position which lasts until the eighteenth century, when there were Pescara about three thousand inhabitants. But the fortress was the subject of many attempts to conquer. In early 1800 Pescara was occupied again by the French and was an important military stronghold of the reign of Joseph Bonaparte. Meanwhile, Castellammare Adriatico, on the north bank of the river (which then had about 1500 inhabitants), became a self-aggregate to the district of Città Sant'Angelo (1807). In 1814 Pescara was among the protagonists of the city Carbonari uprisings against Joachim Murat, King of Naples. A harsh repression that followed the uprising Bourbon, symbolized by penal servitude of Pescara in which, until the fall of the Bourbon kingdom in 1860, many patriots were imprisoned. In subsequent years, particularly in the early twentieth century, Castellammare and Pescara grow demographically and economically and we thought the unification of the two towns and the elevation to province. On 2 January 1927, was finally signed the decree of unification and the establishment of Pescara and his elevation to the Province, due to strong popular pressure and, above all, the political authority of the Minister Acerbo James Abruzzo, the Baron de Gustavo Landerset and the moral prestige of Gabriele D'Annunzio. During World War II Pescara has suffered considerable destruction, both for violent bombardment of the late summer of 1943, which killed at least 3,000 people, both in raids and destruction by the retreating German army. For these reasons, the February 8, 2001, the President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi gave the city a gold medal for civil merit. After the war, Pescara has increased significantly. Today, with Chieti, in the middle of a vast area of conurbation associated with it for close economic and social. This area, home to about 350,000 inhabitants, includes the municipalities of Montesilvano, Silvi, Francavilla al Mare, Spoltore, Città Sant'Angelo, San Giovanni and Cepagatti Teatino.
Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 15:50
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Pescara is a town of Abruzzo, the capital of the province. Located at the mouth of the river Aterno-Pescara, has a population of 122,768 inhabitants and a conurbation which has about 350,000. Until 1927 the territory of the town of Pescara was divided between the two towns of Pescara in the south of the river in the province of Chieti, and Castellammare Adriatico, north of the river in the province of Teramo and under the town of giuristizione Città Sant'Angelo (where he then established the Court's jurisdiction).
With the unification of the two municipalities, falling within the broader project of reorganization of the fascist Italian local authorities, was also established Provincia.Il main street of the city is Corso Umberto I, which ends on Renaissance Square, better known as Piazza Salotto, and reaches First place in the Riviera in May. The buildings of the province and the town hall square are in Italy, near the River. Manthonè course, the course of the old Pescara, has, for several years, became the center of nightlife. In the south of the city, was created in the area offices that are in the area between the new town court and the seat of the faculties of economics, architecture, literature and foreign languages University Gabriele d'Annunzio. The history of Pescara is little known and is still partly obscure. According to some scholars, the first inhabitants of Pescara founded a village on the banks of the river in Roman times was called Vicus Aterno and thereafter he was given the name Aternum, named after the river that there had his mouth; Roman era Pescara is also used to indicate the name of Ostia Aterno precisely because of the role of hub routes comunicazione.Con the fall of the Roman Empire and the advent of the barbarians, the story of Aternum becomes dark, like that of most City minori.Intorno 1000, Aternum changes its name and becomes Piscaria by reference, it seems, the abundance of fish in the area and the river is called Piscarius; the village ended up among the appliances of the Abbey of Montecassino. In later centuries the center of Pescara was then crossroads of assaults by the Normans in 1140 and the local lords and powerful time, until the Spanish Emperor Charles V was not slow to arrive and Avalos were reinstated in what later became the marquis of Pescara, in the meantime also attributed to the Marchesa Vittoria Colonna.Solo with the stabilization of political power, beginning a new and prosperous period in the history of the city, especially its strategic position which lasts until the eighteenth century, when there were Pescara about three thousand inhabitants. But the fortress was the subject of many attempts to conquer. In early 1800 Pescara was occupied again by the French and was an important military stronghold of the reign of Joseph Bonaparte. Meanwhile, Castellammare Adriatico, on the north bank of the river (which then had about 1500 inhabitants), became a self-aggregate to the district of Città Sant'Angelo (1807). In 1814 Pescara was among the protagonists of the city Carbonari uprisings against Joachim Murat, King of Naples. A harsh repression that followed the uprising Bourbon, symbolized by penal servitude of Pescara in which, until the fall of the Bourbon kingdom in 1860, many patriots were imprisoned. In subsequent years, particularly in the early twentieth century, Castellammare and Pescara grow demographically and economically and we thought the unification of the two towns and the elevation to province. On 2 January 1927, was finally signed the decree of unification and the establishment of Pescara and his elevation to the Province, due to strong popular pressure and, above all, the political authority of the Minister Acerbo James Abruzzo, the Baron de Gustavo Landerset and the moral prestige of Gabriele D'Annunzio. During World War II Pescara has suffered considerable destruction, both for violent bombardment of the late summer of 1943, which killed at least 3,000 people, both in raids and destruction by the retreating German army. For these reasons, the February 8, 2001, the President of the Republic, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi gave the city a gold medal for civil merit. After the war, Pescara has increased significantly. Today, with Chieti, in the middle of a vast area of conurbation associated with it for close economic and social. This area, home to about 350,000 inhabitants, includes the municipalities of Montesilvano, Silvi, Francavilla al Mare, Spoltore, Città Sant'Angelo, San Giovanni and Cepagatti Teatino. |
| Last Updated on Friday, 28 August 2009 15:50 |
