While the number of regions is somewhat stable ( the only modification to the original set is the separation of Molise from Abruzzo ), there has been a tendency in later years to create new provinces, such as Crotone, Verbania, Lodi, Biella, Lecco and others.

The highest peak is Mount Gorzano ( 2, 458 m ) on the border with Abruzzo.

Named for Giovanni da Capistrano, a 15th century theologian and " warrior priest " who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782 ; known alternately as " Serra's Chapel " and " Father Serra's Church ," it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that the padre Junipero Serra celebrated mass.

Abruzzo () is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome.

Abruzzo is located in central Italy, stretching from the heart of the Apennines to the Adriatic Sea, on a mainly mountainous and wild land.

The Abruzzo region has two types of climate: the first is strongly influenced by the presence of Abruzzo's Apennine Mountain range-Central, dividing the climate of the coastal and sub ​​- Apennine hills of the interior mountain ranges of the highest ; while coastal areas have a Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild winters and rainy hills presenting the climatic characteristics of type sublittoral where temperatures decrease progressively with increasing altitude and precipitation with altitude instead.

The fauna of Abruzzo are highly varied, and the animal symbol of the region is undoubtedly the Abruzzo Chamois that has had a remarkable recovery after risking extinction.

Abruzzo Citeriore is present day Chieti province.

Abruzzo Ulteriore I comprised the Teramo and Pescara provinces ; Abruzzo Ulteriore II is now the Province of L ' Aquila.

However, according to statistics at the end of 2010, it seems that the economy of Abruzzo is recovering, despite the negative data regarding employment.

Most famous in the world is Abruzzo's wine Montepulciano d ' Abruzzo ; in the late 20th and early 21st century, Montepulciano d ' Abruzzo earned a reputation as being one of the most widely exported DOC classed wine in Italy.

Abruzzo's wealth of castles and medieval towns, especially around the town of L ' Aquila, has earned it in some quarters the nickname of " Abruzzoshire ", by analogy with the " Chiantishire ", nickname sometimes used to refer to the Chianti area of Tuscany, but Abruzzo is still off the beaten path for most visitors to Italy.

The population increase is due to the positive net migration, as since 1991 more deaths than births were registered in Abruzzo ( except for 1999, when their number was equal ).

The effects on the interior have been impoverishment and a demographic ageing, reflected by an activity rate in the province of L ' Aquila which is the lowest of the provinces in Abruzzo – accompanied by geological degradation as a result of the absence of conservation measures.

L ' Aquila is both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L ' Aquila and second largest city ( pop.

* Abruzzo International Airport is the only international airport in the region.

Regarding rail transport, there is a significant disparity between the Abruzzo coast – modern art-and that of inland areas, very poor in terms of modernity and quality of service and waiting decades of development interventions and modernization ( see in particular the Rome-Pescara line ).

* Ferrovia Adriatica ( through the whole of Italy from north to south, along the Adriatic Sea ): The question that interests the Abruzzo region is included in the Towns of Martinsicuro and S. Unless, that delimit the borders with Marche and Molise regions, namely, the between the stations of intercurrent Alba Adriatica-Nereto-Controguerra and Broad-S.

After that Brenner is the highest railway station in Italy, whose tortuous path, characterized by steep slopes, passing through the station Rivisondoli-Pescocostanzo and wedges in the Abruzzo National Park and the Maiella.

The question of interest is included in the Abruzzo town of Sulmona and Tornimparte and more precisely in the stations intercurrent Sulmona and saddle horn.

Therefore, the only rail interchange is characterized by the Adriatic railway line Bologna – Bari, Abruzzo is Martinsicuro rail-Broad-S.

Inaugurated in 1965 is now a major tourist infrastructure, as through the coastal towns of Emilia Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo, Molise and Puglia.

* Sulmona – Terni: Trafficking in question connects the regions of Umbria, Lazio and Abruzzo, Molise and then along the line-Carpinone Sulmona.

Abruzzi e Molise ( known as Abruzzi when part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies ) was formerly one of the regions of Italy encompassing a total of and including Abruzzo, Molise and Circondario di Cittaducale ( presently a part of Abruzzo ).

The shift from local agriculture to development in Abruzzo ( including a controversial proposed ski resort ) and poaching, threaten the remaining small population.

The construction of superhighways from Rome to Teramo ( A24 ) and Rome to Pescara ( A25 ) opened Abruzzo to easy access, state and private investment in the region increased, and Abruzzo attained higher per capita education levels and greater productivity growth than the rest of the South.

In other regions, especially Sicily, the South, and Abruzzo children may look forward instead to a visit from the three Wise Men themselves, a sign of the region's historical ties to Spain.

It is mentioned in more than 80 of Italy's DOCs (" Controlled origin denominations "), although it has just six of its own: Trebbiano d ' Abruzzo, Trebbiano di Aprilia, Trebbiano di Arborea, Trebbiano di Capriano del Colle, Trebbiano di Romagna and Trebbiano Val Trebbia dei Colli Piacentini and Trebbiano di Soave.

* Sant ' Egidio alla Vibrata, a comune in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo

The Apennines of Latium are a continuation of the Apennines of Abruzzo: the Reatini Mountains with Terminillo ( 2, 213 m ), Mounts Sabini, Prenestini, Simbruini and Ernici which continue east of the Liri into the Mainarde Mountains.

The natural parks of the region include the Abruzzo National Park, the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga the National Park Maiella and Sirente Velino which every year attract thousands of visitors due to their nature and rare species of wildlife such as Abruzzo chamois ; also the region boasts many natural reserves and areas protect.

The railway which covers the Abruzzo Region, lies in, ranging from municipalities to the province of Pescara Carsoli, and Oricola Pereto.

International tourism is becoming more evident largely as a result of the international flights from other European states, Great Britain, and North America which enter Pescara not far to the north in Abruzzo.

The Marrucini were an ancient tribe which occupied a small strip of territory around the ancient Teate ( modern Chieti ), on the east coast of Abruzzo, Italy, limited by the Aterno and Foro Rivers.

The natural parks of Abruzzo include the Abruzzo National Park, the National Park of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga the National Park Maiella and Sirente Velino which every year attract thousands of visitors due to their nature and rare species of wildlife such as Abruzzo chamois ; also the region boasts many natural reserves and areas protect.

The city also has a railway station, Pescara Centrale railway station which is the largest in Abruzzo and one of the largest in the whole of Europe, connecting it with the most important Italian cities like Rome, Milan, Turin, Bologna, Bari, Ancona, Trieste and many other cities.

It depicts the Abruzzo village of Castrovalva, which lies at the top of a sheer slope.

The Liri's source is in the Monte Camiciola ( 1, 701 m ) in the Monti Simbruini of central Apennines ( Abruzzo, comune of Cappadocia ): in the nearby is the Lake Fucino, of which it has been sometimes, but erroneously, regarded as a subterranean outlet.

* Casale ( Teramo ) a village near Valle San Giovanni, which is a frazione of Teramo in the province of Teramo, Abruzzo

The club is based in L ' Aquila which is the capital of Abruzzo.

Under Emperor Frederick II an aqueduct was built in the town, one of the most important construction of the era in the Abruzzo ; the emperor made it the capital of a large province, as well the seat of a tribunal and of a fair, which it however lost with the arrival of the Angevins.

Palena Province is named after the Palena Lake, which in turn was named by the Italian Jesuit Nicolás Mascardi after the town of Palena in Abruzzo, Italy.