ABRUZZOITALIAN REGIONS

ABRUZZO INFORMATION WHAT IS THE CAPITAL CITY OF ABRUZZO?

THE CAPITAL CITY OF ABRUZZO IS L’AQUILA (MEANING ‘THE EAGLE’)

WHAT IS FAMOUS ABOUT ABRUZZO?

• YES, THE FONTANA DELLE 99 CANNELLE (99-SPROUT FOUNTAIN) IS A FAMOUS LANDMARK .

• IT WAS BUILT TO REMEMBER THE CASTLES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE BIRTH OF THE

CITY.

• IT IS LOCATED IN AQUILA.

ARE THERE ANY FAMOUS LANDMARKS?

ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL EVENTS IN ABRUZZO?

• THE FARCHIE OF FARA FILIORUM PETRI IS AN ANNUAL FESTIVAL IN FARA FILIORUM PETRI,

ABRUZZO.

• IT IS HELD IN JANUARY IN HONOUR OF ST. ANTHONY ABBOT.

• THEY CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF ST. ANTHONY BY BURNING THE FARCHIE (BIG BUNDLES OF

CANES).

YES, THERE ARE.

CUISINE IN ABRUZZO

MACCHERONI ALLA CHITARRA SCAPECE(PICKLED FRIED FISH)

MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO WINE CICERCHIATA

(SMALL BALLS OF FRIED DOUGH COVERED IN HONEY)

FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM ABRUZZO

DO YOU KNOW ANY FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM ABRUZZO?

• GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO WAS BORN IN PESCARA IN 1863.

• HE WAS AN ITALIAN WRITER, POET, JOURNALIST, PLAYWRITGHT AND SOLDIER IN WWI.

• SOME OF HIS WORK INCLUDES:

SHORT STORY: SAN PANTALEONE (1886)

NOVEL: IL PIACERE (1889)

POEM: IL POEMA PARADISIACO (1893)

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