L'Aquila is an Italian town, the capital of the province of the same name and of the Abruzzo region.
Nicknamed the "Queen of the Apennines", it is located in the Abruzzo hinterland on the slope of a hill, to the left of the Aterno river, in a predominant position with respect to the Gran Sasso d'Italia massif, the homonymous basin and the Aterno Valley.
The city boasts a very varied and original secular historical heritage, despite the strong earthquakes of 1461, 1703 and 2009, showing a medieval layer present above all through the Urban Walls, Renaissance as regards the palaces and some churches, and finally the Baroque and the neoclassical.
The urban axis is divided into four districts or quarters (San Giorgio, Santa Maria Paganica, San Pietro Coppito and San Giovanni d'Amiterno), each of which is represented by a headquarter church.
Among the most famous monuments, the aforementioned basilicas of San Bernardino and Collemaggio stand out (the latter considered the masterpiece of Abruzzo Gothic as well as the symbol of the city; but also the medieval fountains, including the source of the 99 spouts, the walls urban with the access doors, the eighteenth-century noble palaces of Corso Vittorio Emanuele, the Piazza Duomo and especially the Spanish Fort.
L'Aquila
Address: Via F. Filomusi Guelfi
Phone: 0862 6451
Site:
http://www.comune.laquila.gov.it/Location inserted by
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