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The Trabocchi Coast, which corresponds to the coastal stretch
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of
province of Chieti The province of Chieti ( it, provincia di Chieti; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 50,770 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 387,649 ...
(
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), is a 70-kilometer coast from Ortona to San Salvo in Italy. It comprises a number of coves and reefs below the hills that end at the Adriatic Sea marked by the spread of
Trabucco The trabucco ( or trabocco; in some southern dialects called travocc) is an old fishing machine typical of the coast of Abruzzi region (specially in the Trabocchi Coast or Costa dei Trabocchi) and also in the coast of Gargano, where they ar ...
- fishing machines on piles. Many of the towns on the Coast maintain their own characteristics and traditions.


Municipalities

The municipalities that compose it are part of the
province of Chieti The province of Chieti ( it, provincia di Chieti; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 50,770 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 387,649 ...
and are as follows: *
Francavilla al Mare Francavilla al Mare () is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The municipality, included in the urban area of Pescara, borders with Chieti, Miglianico, Ortona, Pescara, Ripa Teatina, San Giovanni Te ...
*
Ortona Ortona (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: '; grc, Ὄρτων, Órtōn) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italy, Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants. In 1943 Ortona was the site of a Battle o ...
* San Vito Chietino *
Rocca San Giovanni Rocca San Giovanni is a ''comune ''and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the mi ...
*
Fossacesia Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, about from the Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Ita ...
*
Torino di Sangro Torino di Sangro ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. ...
*
Casalbordino Casalbordino ( Abruzzese: , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and coastal town on the Adriatic Sea, within the Province of Chieti of the Abruzzo region of central-eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the ...
*
Vasto Vasto ( Abruzzese: '; grc, Ἱστόνιον, Histonion}, la, Histonium) is a ''comune'' on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti, in southern Abruzzo, Italy. During the Middle Ages it was called d''Guastaymonis'', '' Vasto d'Aimone'' or ...
*
San Salvo San Salvo ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the last Abruzzo town on the Adriatic coast before entering the Molise Region. San Salvo is divided into two major urban areas: ...


Geography

The coast does not present itself homogeneous in the various sections that compose it, but, on the contrary, it changes greatly in appearance. There are stretches of sandy beach and low (as in Francavilla,
Ortona Ortona (Neapolitan language, Abruzzese: '; grc, Ὄρτων, Órtōn) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italy, Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants. In 1943 Ortona was the site of a Battle o ...
,
Casalbordino Casalbordino ( Abruzzese: , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and coastal town on the Adriatic Sea, within the Province of Chieti of the Abruzzo region of central-eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the ...
,
Vasto Vasto ( Abruzzese: '; grc, Ἱστόνιον, Histonion}, la, Histonium) is a ''comune'' on the Adriatic coast of the Province of Chieti, in southern Abruzzo, Italy. During the Middle Ages it was called d''Guastaymonis'', '' Vasto d'Aimone'' or ...
and
San Salvo San Salvo ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the last Abruzzo town on the Adriatic coast before entering the Molise Region. San Salvo is divided into two major urban areas: ...
) and sections pebbles (a
Fossacesia Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, about from the Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Ita ...
,
Torino di Sangro Torino di Sangro ( Abruzzese: ') is a ''comune'' and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of central Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. ...
), as well as high and rocky sections (in San Vito Chietino and
Rocca San Giovanni Rocca San Giovanni is a ''comune ''and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the mi ...
). The coastal strip makes its way through valleys and hills, ending sea, give life to landscapes and natural environments of various kinds. From the urban point of view, the urban layout of this stretch of coast does not share the characteristics of continuity and linearity of its so-called Adriatic city that develops in a more or less continuous from Ortona to Rimini although phenomena "francavillizzazione" in course not lacking. The coastline is long 6 km approximately and is divided into a stretch of sandy beach (
Le Morge Le Morge is a ''frazione'' (village) on the Adriatic Sea in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europ ...
) to the north, and a gravelly stretch (Green Coast) to the south; In latter-diving underwater. The sandy beach is protected by a system of breakwaters placed a short distance from the shore in order to combat erosion and storm surges, as reported in local newspapers, they have in the past destroyed the bridge of the Adriatic highway. It is for this reason that the beach of Costa Verde, formerly in the sand, was placed in the gravel, just to stop the relentless and unstoppable advance of the sea; both are popular with tourists in summer; nearby there are camping and ancient woods. Facing the Adriatic coast you can see a station for the extraction of
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full open sea.


Economy

The region has a strong economic induction thanks to
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, very present thanks to the exceptional landscape of the coast that has remained in the
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of many foreigners as a symbol of
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.


Cycle track

Along the Trabocchi coast there are plans for an
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(1000 km, to run along the Adriatic coast from the Delta of the
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to
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) along the abandoned line of the
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(49 km).


Beaches

*Lido Riccio (Ortona) *Punta Ripari di Giobbe (Ortona) *Lido Saraceni (Ortona) *Punta Acquabella (Ortona) *Punta Mucchiola (San Vito) *Molo di San Vito Marina *Calata Turchino (San Vito) *Punta del Guardiano (San Vito) *Valle Grotte (San Vito) *Punta Cavalluccio (Rocca San Giovanni) *Costa di Fossacesia *Golfo di Venere (Fossacesia) *
Le Morge Le Morge is a ''frazione'' (village) on the Adriatic Sea in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europ ...
(Torino di Sangro) * Punta Penna (Casalbordino -Vasto) * Punta Aderci (Vasto) *Punta Vignola (Vasto) *Lido di
San Salvo Marina San Salvo Marina is a frazione of San Salvo, located in the Province of Chieti - Abruzzo region of Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in ...


Trabocchi

Many trabocchi of the coast have been converted into restaurants. * Trabocco Fosso Canale * Trabocco Punta Tufano * Trabocco San Gregorio * Trabocco Turchino * Trabocco Valle Grotte * Trabocco Sasso della Cajana * Trabocco Punta Isolata * Trabocco Punta Cavalluccio * Trabocco Pesce Palombo * Trabocco Punta Punciosa * Trabocco Punta Rocciosa * Trabocco Le Morge * Trabocco di Casalbordino * Trabocco di Punta Penna * Trabocco di Vasto Marina * Trabocco Zi' Nicola di San Salvo


The Promontory Dannunziano San Vito

The seaside town of San Vito Chietino is famous because the stretch of Trabocchi Coast, halfway between San Vito and
Fossacesia Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, about from the Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Ita ...
, there is a hermitage where the 800 was built there a home to fishermen, that Gabriele d'Annunzio in 1889 bought and renovated it for his personal living with her lover Barbara Leoni. The house and the hermitage everything is called hermitage D'Annunzio, or promontory D'Annunzio, and is now a private museum. Architectural style seems to be a typical building of the nineteenth century rural architecture of Abruzzo. The part of the building used by the poet is not experiencing any degradation. The plant has a square base. The facade on the square is on two levels with elements in medieval style Lombard. On the ground floor there is a porch that follows the upstairs including the central part of the facade is advanced to the rest of the building. On the sides there are two arches. The front is in
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. D'Annunzio as a setting also a part of his novel '' Il trionfo della morte'' (1894), in which the protagonist Giorgio Aurispa arrives in the small village sanvitese with her lover Hippolyta. Back from disappointment in the country of
Guardiagrele Guardiagrele (; Abruzzese: ; la, Guardia Graelis) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is in the foothills of the Maiella mountain at an elevation of around . Its population numbers ...
of the discovery of financial ruin of his noble family, Giorgio seeking rest in the sea, and studies the ''
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'' of
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, learning the philosophy of
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. George, however, fails to fuse his naturalistic thought and what superoministico disruptive, and experience it first witnessing scenes of popular superstition in San Vito, when it is feared that a child is kidnapped at night by witches, and when a child is found drowned into the sea by his mother; and then going on pilgrimage in the nearby village of
Casalbordino Casalbordino ( Abruzzese: , ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) and coastal town on the Adriatic Sea, within the Province of Chieti of the Abruzzo region of central-eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the ...
. There, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Miracles, Giorgio Aurispa is overwhelmed by the horror of superstition of local farmers, which are lowered to the states most miserable, reduced to larvae, to achieve the miracle of
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. Today on the promontory restaurants have sprung up dedicated to the poet
Pescara 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 approxim ...
, and also a public park with a gazebo, where is buried the mistress of d'Annunzio: Barbara Leoni.


Documentation

Between 2011 and 2012 the director Anna Cavasinni made a documentary lasting 58 minutes on the coast teatina relative to overflow. The documentary is titled precisely "The Trabocchi Coast" and is released on DVD. In these months being shown in major centers in the Abruzzo coast and the screening is followed by a debate with the public and with the authorities. The documentary is part of a project documentation and memory enhancement Abruzzo that the Cultural Association Territories-Link is conducting a long time.


Current events

Since 2007 is an ongoing harsh mobilization of the population on the coast and in the Abruzzi, aimed at preventing the construction of mining and Oil processing in the territory. The first plant that has aroused the concern of the people was the so-called middle oils, or a large plant (127,000 m2) dehydrosulphurization of crude oil, designed by Eni. The affected area is to Feudo, in the heart of wine production of Abruzzo. The fears of the population regarding the impact on health of exposure to
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, the destruction of the flourishing agricultural economy and the negative effects on tourism. The plant is expected to arise in fact very close to the coast of the Trabocchi. Recently, the regional law n. 14 of 2009, suspended the construction of the center, but many companies have submitted projects for the construction of offshore platforms for the extraction and processing of oil, is not affected by this law. As published May 6, 2010, from the website www.diebucke.it, April 18 took place in San Vito a demonstration against the petrolizzazione Abruzzo coast that has gathered about 5000 participants. Also according to the article by Francesco Amoroso, "The people of Abruzzo are engaging pressuring local politicians by sending them letters and e-mail (addresses are easily available on the Internet) trying to compensate for the pressure on the other side shall be held by Eni and Mog."


See also

* Economy of Abruzzo *
Cuisine of Abruzzo The traditional cuisine of Abruzzo is eclectic, drawing on pastoral, mountain, and coastal cuisine. Staples of Abruzzo cuisine include bread, pasta, meat, fish, cheese, and wine. The isolation which has characterized the region for decades has ensu ...
*
Tourism in Italy Tourism in Italy is one of the Economy of Italy, economic sectors of the country. With 65 million tourists per year (2019) according to National Institute of Statistics (Italy), ISTAT, Italy is the World Tourism rankings, fifth most visite ...
* Tourism in Abruzzo


References


External links


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La Costa dei Trabocchi
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