In many references to Abruzzo you will often see the expression forte e gentile (strong and kind) to describe Abruzzo and its inhabitants.
A Love for Old Trains Ever since I was a child watching Sunday matinee films like ‘Murder on the Orient…
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Any child growing up with Abruzzese parents in Australia in the 1970s would be familiar with this green bottle. Anytime…
It’s well known that the standard Italian in use today comes from the Florentine dialect that was first formalized in…
Springtime in Abruzzo not only brings the last dustings of snow on the mountains but also the beginning of the hunting season.
It’s difficult to find any history about women in Abruzzo. Most history was written for men by men. All that is left behind are memories, relics and imagination.
Walking through the streets of L’Aquila there are still remnants of the destruction of the earthquake that hit on 6 April 2009.
About 7km north of Avezzano, Abruzzo, lies the archaeological site, Alba Fucens in Abruzzo that was founded around 303BC.