Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= Pescarese, Piscàrë) is the capital city of the

Province of Pescara The province of Pescara ( it, provincia di Pescara; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Pescara, which has a population of 119,483 inhabitants. As of 2017, it has a total population o ...

, in the

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. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 119,217 (2018) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). Located on the Adriatic coast at the mouth of the

Aterno-Pescara The Aterno-Pescara (ancient ''Aternus'' from the Greek ''Aternos'', ''Άτερνος'') is a river system in Abruzzo, eastern central Italy. The river is known as the Aterno near its source in the mountains, but takes the name Pescara, actually ...

River, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of the old Pescara fortress, the part of the city to the south of the river, and Castellamare Adriatico, the part of the city to the north of the river. The surrounding area was formed into the province of Pescara. The main commercial street of the city is Corso Umberto I, which runs between two squares, starting from ''Piazza della Repubblica'' and reaching the seacoast in ''Piazza Primo Maggio''. The rectangle that it forms with Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Via Nicola Fabrizi is home of the main shopping district, enclosed in a driving restriction zone, where several of the best fashion shops are located. Corso Manthoné, the course of the old Pescara, has, for many years, been the center of the nightlife of the city. City hall and the administration of the province are in Piazza Italia, near the river, and in the area between here and the D'Annunzio University campus to the south, a business district has grown up over the years, while the Marina is situated to the immediate south of the mouth of the river. Pescara is also served by an important international airport, the Abruzzo Airport, and one of the major touristic ports of

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and

, the Port of Pescara.

Geography

Pescara is situated at sea level on the Adriatic coast and has developed from some centuries BC onwards at the strategic position around the mouth of the Aterno-Pescara River. The coast is low and sandy and the beach extends, unbroken for some distance to both the north and the south of the river, reaching a width of approximately in the area around a ''pineta'' (a small pine forest) to the north. To the south the pine forest that once gave shade to bathers along much of the Adriatic coast, has almost disappeared near the beach, but remains within the Nature Reserve Pineta Dannunziana. The urban fabric of the city spreads over a flat T-shaped area, which occupies the valley around the river and the coastal strip. To the northwest and the southwest, the city is also expanding into the surrounding hills which were first occupied in the Neolithic period. The whole city is affected by the presence of groundwater, the level of which varies by up to a metre, being at its highest in spring due to snow melting in the mountains inland. The city is very close to the mountains, and the ski slopes of Passo Lanciano it only takes a 30 minutes drive.

Climate

Pescara has a borderline

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(Csa) and humid subtropical climate (Cfa) with hot summers and cool winters. Since its driest month has of precipitation, the city cannot be solely classified as Mediterranean. Not to mention, although there is a dry tendency in early summer, August (late summer) is wetter than the winter month of February, which is unusual for the Mediterranean pattern. The average

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is around in the coldest month (January) and in the warmest month (July). The lowest temperature recorded in the city was on 4 January 1979. The highest was registered on 30 August 2007 at .

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is low (around per annum) and concentrated mainly in the late autumn. Pescara is a coastal city, but its climate is influenced by the surrounding mountains (the Maiella and the chain of

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). When the wind is southwesterly, Pescara experiences a Foehn wind that often reaches , causing a sudden increase in temperature and decrease in relative humidity, and for that reason winters with temperatures that exceed almost daily are not unknown. Under northeasterly winds Pescara suffers precipitation which is generally weak, but can be much more intense if accompanied by a depression. Also from the north east comes winter weather from

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that, on average, brings abundant snowfalls every 3–4 years. In summer the weather is mostly stable and sunny with temperatures that, thanks to the sea breeze, rarely exceed 35 degrees unless a southwesterly

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is blowing. Particularly in summer, but also in winter, the high humidity leads to morning and evening mist or haze.

History

Pescara's origins precede the

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conquest. It was founded to be the port of Vestini and

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to trade with the peoples of the Orient, a supporting role that was held for centuries. The name of both the town and the river was

Aternum Aternum was a Roman town, on the site of Pescara, in Italy. Some historians also refer to Aternum with the name of ''Ostia Aterni'',Giuseppe Quieti, ''Pescara antica città'' due to its location at the mouth of the river Aternus. Being connected t ...

(in Greek ''Άτερνος''), it was connected to Rome through the Via Claudia Valeria and the Via Tiburtina. The main building was the temple of ''Jovis Aternium''. The town was an important port for trade with the Eastern provinces of the Empire. In the

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it was destroyed by the

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(597).

Saint Cetteus Saint Cetteus (or ''Ceteus'', also known as ''Peregrinus, Pelligrinus, Pellegrino'') (d. June 13, 597) ( it, San Cetteo, Ceteo) is the patron saint of Pescara. He was a bishop of the 6th century, elected to the see of Amiternum in Sabina (today t ...

, the town's patron saint, was a

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of the 6th century, elected to the see of Amiternum in Sabina (today the city of

San Vittorino San Vittorino Amiterno is a village in the Abruzzo, region of central Italy. It is a ''frazione'' of the '' comune'' of L'Aquila. History S. Vittorino is important because the ancient Roman city of Amiternum and Christian catacombs Catacom ...

) in 590, during the pontificate of Gregory the Great.San Ceteo (Peregrinus) di Amiterno
/ref> His legend goes that he was executed by the Lombards at Amiternum by being thrown off a bridge with a stone tied around his neck; his body floated to Pescara. Gabriele D'Annunzio

In 1095 Pescara was a fishing village enriched with monuments and churches. In 1140 Roger of Sicily conquered the town, giving rise to a period in which it was destroyed by armies ravaging the Kingdom of Sicily. The name of ''Piscaria'' ("abounding with fish") is mentioned for the first time in this period. Several seignors ruled over Pescara afterwards, including Rainaldo Orsini, Louis of Savoy and Francesco del Borgo, the vicar of king Ladislaus of Naples, who had the fortress and the tower built. The subsequent rulers were the D'Avalos. In 1424 the famous

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Muzio Attendolo died here. Another adventurer, Jacopo Caldora, conquered the town in 1435 and 1439. In the following years Pescara was repeatedly attacked by the Venetians, and later, as part of the Spanish Kingdom of Naples, it was turned into a massive

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. In 1566 it was besieged by 105

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s. It resisted fiercely and the Ottomans only managed to ravage the surrounding territory. At the beginning of the 18th century Pescara had some 3,000 inhabitants, half of them living in Castellammare, a small

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of the fortress. In 1707 it was attacked by

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n troops under the command of the Count of Wallis: the town, led by Giovanni Girolamo II Acquaviva, resisted for two months before capitulating. Palazzo del Governo Pescara

Pescara was always part of the Kingdom of Naples, apart from the brief age of the Republic of Naples of 1798–99. The town was therefore attacked by the pro- Bourbon Giuseppe Pronio. In 1800 Pescara fell to

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troops, becoming an important military stronghold of

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's reign. Castellammare, which now had 3,000 inhabitants of its own, became a separate municipality. In 1814, Pescara's Carboneria revolted against Joachim Murat. There, on 15 May 1815, the king undersigned one of the first constitutions of the Italian Risorgimento. In the following years Pescara became a symbol of the Bourbon's violent restoration as it housed one of the most notorious Bourbon jails. After a devastating flood in 1853, Pescara was liberated by Giuseppe Garibaldi's collaborator Clemente De Caesaris in 1860. Seven years later the fortress was dismantled. In the sixty following years Pescara was included in the Province of

Chieti Chieti (, ; , nap, label= Abruzzese, Chjïétë, ; gr, Θεάτη, Theátē; lat, Theate, ) is a city and '' comune'' (municipality) in Central Italy, east by northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo regi ...

and then merged with the adjacent town of

Castellammare Adriatico Pescara (; nap, label= Abruzzese, Pescàrë; nap, label= 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 119,217 (2018) residents (and approxi ...

and eventually became the largest city of its region. The new city suffered heavy civilian casualties when it was bombed by the Allies who were attempting to cut German supply lines during

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. It has since been massively rebuilt, becoming a very modern coastal city of Italy.

Government

Main sights

Pescara 2007 -Casa natale di Gabriele D'Annunzio- by-RaBoe 02

The city is divided in two by the river in between. The historic city center is located on the south shore, where once stood the Piazzaforte (fortified town), a military bulwark of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. There is the Bagno Borbonico (the old prison of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, built starting in 1510 by order of Charles V, which incorporated inside the remains of the Norman and

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city walls). Today it houses the Museum of the Abruzzi people: the institution traces, through 13 halls dedicated to aspects of life, traditions and economy, 4,000 years of history of the

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people. In the historic city center are the birthplace houses of Gabriele D'Annunzio and Ennio Flaiano, and the San Cetteo Cathedral, built between 1933 and 1938. On the north shore of the river there's Piazza Italia (Italy Square), overlooked by the City Hall and the Government Building (which houses the headquarters of the

), both built during the Fascist era according to the fascist rationalist style and designed by the architect Vincenzo Pilotti. Mr. Pilotti designed the majority of the public buildings of the city, including the seat of the local

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, of the Liceo Classico "G. D'Annunzio" high school, and the old seat of the

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(which now houses a museum). In the far southern part of the city, between the Nature Reserve Pineta Dannunziana and the beach, there is an elegant Art Nouveau villas district designed in 1912 by Antonino Liberi (an engineer brother-in-law of D'Annunzio). There is also the Aurum, first headquarters of a social club (called the Kursaal), then liquor factory, and today public multipurpose space. In 2007 was built the Ponte del Mare, the largest pedestrian and cycle bridge in Italy. On the northern waterfront, close to the ''Salotto Square'', the main square of the city, there is the ''Nave'' (trad. the ship), a sculpture by

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Economy

Pescara is the most populous city in the

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region, and is one of the top ten economic, commercial, and tourist centers on the Adriatic coast. Featuring a shoreline that extends for more than , Pescara is a popular seaside resort on the Adriatic coast during summer. Situated in the sea at a short distance from the waterline there are many breakwaters made with large rocks, that were placed to preserve the shore from water-flood erosion. In the city there are the administrative headquarters of De Cecco company and the Fater S.p.a., an equal joint venture partner with the Angelini Group and Procter & Gamble.

Culture

Every July Pescara holds an international jazz festival: Pescara Jazz was the first Italian summer festival dedicated to

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music. Since 1969, it has been one of the most important jazz festivals in

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, as reported by the main dedicated international magazines. Every year (between June and July) the city also holds the

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, one of Italy's International Film Festivals. Pescara was the birthplace of Gabriele D'Annunzio and Ennio Flaiano.

Vittoria Colonna Vittoria Colonna (April 149225 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated, married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual cir ...

was the marchioness of Pescara.

University

Pescara and

are the homes of the G. d'Annunzio University. Pescara is home to the Departments of Architecture, Economics, Business Administration, Quantitative Economics, Social and Legal Sciences, Modern Languages Literatures and Cultures, as Chieti, together with the Rector and Academic Senate, is home to the Departments of Medicine and Science of Aging, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, Neuroscience and Imaging, Oral Health Sciences and Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Humanities Psychological Sciences, Engineering and Geology for a total of about 31,257 students in the 201

Since 2009,

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ISIA has a subsidiary in Pescara, training students in the field of industrial design. In the city center is located the headquarters of ICRANet, the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, an international organization promoting research activities in relativistic astrophysics and related areas.

Sports

The city has a football team,

Delfino Pescara 1936 Delfino Pescara 1936, commonly referred to as Pescara, is a professional Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo. The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie C. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78 ...

, which in June 2012 was promoted to

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, the highest league in

. Pescara Calcio, who have played 38 seasons in the cadet championship, have spent 7 previous seasons in Serie A, especially in the 1980s–90s. Pescara hosted the 2009 Mediterranean Games, having defeated Rijeka,

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and Patras,

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for the privilege. In 2015, from 28 August to 6 September, the first edition of the Mediterranean Beach Games was held in the city in 2015. Between 1924 and 1961, Pescara hosted the

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automobile race, which in 1957 formed the penultimate round of the World Championship of Drivers. Since 2011 the Italian edition of the Ironman 70.3 takes place in the city of Pescara, chosen for the characteristics of the territory, for the possibility of building a competition that starts from the sea, continue towards the mountains and ends in the city center.

Transport

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As regards public transport Pescara has a wide assortment of services, the city benefits from it a very favourable position with regard to roads.

Motorways

The territory between Pescara and Chieti is crossed by two pan-European roads, autostrada A14 (Italy)

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–

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and

autostrada A25 (Italy) The Autostrada A25 Torano–Pescara is a motorway which allows travel from Torano to Pescara in Italy. Along with the A24 it is also named the ''Autostrada dei Parchi'' (“Motorway of the Parks”). It runs from the A24 near Torano, past the F ...

Torano – Pescara, connected with the local bypass road system.

Airport

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Pescara is served from an international airport called Abruzzo Airport (Aeroporto di Pescara) that connects the entire region with many Italian and European destinations like Barcelona-Girona, Brussels-Charleroi, Frankfurt-Hahn, Kraków, London-Stansted, Paris-Beauvais, Milan-Bergamo, Copenhagen, Weeze, Milan Linate, Tirana, Bucarest, Palermo, Catania and Olbia. Stazione di Pescara 01

From the bus stop in front of the railway station there has been a daily connection of ITA Airways by bus, to and from Rome Fiumicino Airport since 1 December 2022, allowing a connection with the airline's hub.

Port

Pescara is served by the Port of Pescara for fishing, yachting, cargo docking and commercial passenger services. In summer season ferries and hydrofoils to

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run primarily by

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to Split and islands in central

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, but often they set out from the larger and better equipped Port of Ortona.

Rail

The city has four railway stations,

Pescara Centrale railway station Pescara Centrale railway station ( it, stazione ferroviaria di Pescara Centrale), also known as Pescara railway station (Italian:'' stazione ferroviaria di Pescara'') is the main railway station of Pescara. The station lies on the Adriatic line ...

is the main and largest in Abruzzo, as well as one of the larger railway stations without train terminal in Italy, connecting with some of the major Italian cities like

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and many other cities. The other stations are Pescara Porta Nuova, Pescara Tribunale and Pescara San Marco.

Bus

Pescara is served from several bus lines (operated by TUA, Società unica abruzzese di trasporto). There is a direct bus line to

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(

) via Pescara Centrale (about a two and a half hour ride).

Trolleybus

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automatic steering system line connecting the city center with its strategic points like

and the Abruzzo International Airport and other nearby cities is being built.

Notable people

* Federico Caffè (1914–1987), economist *

Andrea Caldarelli Andrea Caldarelli (born 14 February 1990 in Pescara) is an Italian racing driver. He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, the Formula Three Euroseries, GP2 Asia, the GP3 Series and the Super Formula series. He undertook ...

(1990–), racing driver *

Giada Colagrande Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director and actress. Life and career In 2005 Colagrande directed her second feature, ''Before it Had a Name'', which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe. The two had met on ...

(1975–), actress and film director * Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863–1938), poet, novelist and politician *

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (born 14 December 1969) is an Italian opera singer. He has been called a bass-baritone, though he prefers the term basso cantabile. Career A native of Pescara, Abruzzo, D'Arcangelo began his studies in 1985 at the conse ...

, opera singer * Giovanni De Benedictis, retired

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(1969–), Football Manager of Cagliari Calcio * Ennio Flaiano, screenwriter, novelist, journalist * Francesco Panzieri,

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artist * Stefano Pessina, business man and Executive Chairman of

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* Stefano Prizio, footballer *

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, actress *

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, Canadian photographer and director *

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, racing driver and son of Jarno Trulli * Jarno Trulli, former

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driver * Marco Verratti, Italian footballer

Twin towns

Pescara is a twin city with: * Arcachon,

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* Miami Beach,

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* Split,

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, Italy * Casale Monferrato, Italy

References

External links

Official website

Pescara Airport

Università D'Annunzio
{{Authority control Coastal towns in Abruzzo Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy Port cities and towns of the Adriatic Sea

Geography

Climate

History

Government

Main sights

Economy

Culture

University

Sports

Transport

Motorways

Airport

Port

Rail

Bus

Trolleybus

Notable people

Twin towns

See also

References

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