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Abruzzo has a very low relative population, with just 1.2 million for a large surface area and a widespread distribution and capillary consists of a few small towns and urban centers of high concentration (Pescara the largest city has only 122.000 inhabitants). All sites are characterized by relative low-cement and a relevant and effective care for landscape planning. The traditional properties have unique characteristics and "unchanging over time" from a rural or high-bourgeois culture of fine workmanship. The villages, although small, have always focused and functional basic services (postal services, banks, offices of local service businesses from restaurants to accommodation, food and stores of various kinds). |
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Abruzzo is situated in central Italy and this allows you to travel within few hours to Rome, Naples, Florence, Bologna, Perugia, Ascoli Piceno, Tremiti Islands, The Gargano, Le Marche, Molise.
The Apennines mountains and the three national parks account for most of the territory of Abruzzo. With over a third of its land protected by law, Abruzzo has the largest national parks and reserves in Europe and is known as the 'region of parks'. The highest point of the Apennines in Abruzzo are the Corno Grande (2912m), Monte Amaro (2793m) and the mountains of Laga (2458m). The Abruzzo coastline stretches for 150km along the Adriatic sea where beaches vary from the white sandy to the rocky.
Abruzzo is a land to be discovered, a kaleidoscopic region with historical towns, national parks, thermal baths, beaches, archaeological sites, caves, lakes and peaks on one hand, and food, wine, local products, extra virgin olive oil, folk festivities, traditional handicrafts and goldsmith's art on the other. |
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