"Central Italian Central Italian (""italiano centrale"" or ""mediano"") is a group of Italo-Dalmatian Romance lects spoken in central Italy in Lazio, Umbria, central Marche, the far south of Tuscany, and a small part of Abruzzo. The differences between these dialects are slight, mainly in inflection and stress of certain words. Central Italian dialects are closely related and mutually intelligible to Tuscan, on which Standard Italian was based. Although a few isoglosses cross the area, no firm demarcating lines have been established between them, effectively making them a one wider dialect continuum. The following dialects are part of the Central Italian"
"of the province, especially its capital city L'Aquila. The city suffered earthquakes in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries and most recently on April 6, 2009. This caused extensive damage to the city and areas of the province just outside l'Aquila, particularly along SS 17. At 01:32 GMT (03:32 CEST) on April 6, an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy with its epicentre near L'Aquila, at . Tourists in L'Aquila come mostly from Italy. In the highest part of the town is the massive Spanish Fort (""Forte Spagnolo""), erected by the Spanish viceroy Don Pedro de Toledo in 1534."
"(Vasto, Avezzano, Carsoli, Gissi, Val Vibrata, Val di Sangro) have made genuine progress, while others (Val Pescara, L'Aquila) have run into trouble after their initial success. The zones of Sulmona and Guardiagrele have turned out to be more or less failures. Outside these zones, the main activities are agriculture and tourism. L'Aquila is both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila and second largest city (pop. 73,000). L'Aquila was hit by an earthquake on 6 April 2009, which destroyed much of the city centre. The other provincial capitals are Pescara, which is Abruzzo's largest"
"L'Aquila L'Aquila (, meaning """"The Eagle"""") is a city and ""comune"" in Southern Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it is surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east. L'Aquila sits upon a hillside in the middle of a narrow valley; tall snow-capped mountains of the Gran Sasso massif flank the town. A maze of narrow streets, lined with Baroque and Renaissance"
"Paganica Paganica is a hillside town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. It is a ""frazione"" of the ""comune"" of L'Aquila (which is some 7 km far), and has a population of about 5,000. An old Roman city, in 1254 its citizens took part in the foundation of L'Aquila by Manfred of Sicily. Until 1927 it was an autonomous municipality merged, with others, into L'Aquila. On 6 April 2009, Paganica was severely damaged, with 70 percent of its buildings destroyed, as a result of the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake. The earthquake's epicenter was along the"
"it became unsafe due to continual earthquakes. In the late 19th century, Poggio Picenze would experience out migration that affected most of Italy, where 75 percent of the population would leave in the span of a century. Despite air raids on nearby L’Aquila during World War II, Poggio Picenze’s historical buildings remained relatively unscathed . In 2009, Poggio Picenze would suffer fatalities from an earthquake that occurred at 3:32 local time (1:32 UTC) on 6 April 2009, and was rated 5.8 on the Richter scale and 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale; its epicenter was near L'Aquila, the capital of"
"Province of L'Aquila The Province of L'Aquila () is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of the region. It has borders with the provinces of Teramo to the north, Pescara and Chieti to the east, Isernia (in Molise region) to the south and Frosinone, Rome and Rieti (in Lazio region) to the west. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila. The province of L'Aquila includes the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), their"
"10,000 buildings in L'Aquila. Several buildings also collapsed. 308 people were killed by the earthquake, and approximately 1,500 people were injured. Twenty of the victims were children. Around 65,000 people were made homeless. There were many students trapped in a partially collapsed dormitory. The April 6 earthquake was felt throughout Abruzzo; as far away as Rome, other parts of Lazio, Marche, Molise, Umbria, and Campania. Because of the 2009 earthquake, the Berlusconi government decided to move that year's G8 summit from its scheduled Sardinian host of La Maddalena to L'Aquila, so that disaster funds would be distributed to the affected"
"da Siena. The current Archbishop of L'Aquila is Giuseppe Petrocchi, since June 8, 2013, and Giovanni D'Ercole, F.D.P. was named auxiliary bishop of L'Aquila on 16 November 2009. The city and diocese of L'Aquila suffered a devastating earthquake in 2009. The dome of the Cathedral collapsed, and the remains of Pope Celestine V were thrown from their tomb in Santa Maria Colmaggio. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L'Aquila The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of L'Aquila () is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Italy. It was erected as the Diocese of L'Aquila on 20 February 1257"
"August 2016 Central Italy earthquake An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC). Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km, approximately southeast of Perugia and north of L'Aquila, in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions. , 299 people had been killed. The central Apennines is one of the most seismically active areas in Italy. The Apennines mountain belt were formed in the Miocene to Pliocene as a result"
"normal faults. This was the largest tremor since 2009, when an earthquake near L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region killed over 300 people and displaced about 65,000. The earthquake was initially reported by INGV to have occurred at a depth of approximately , with a magnitude of 6.0 M and epicentre in the comune of Accumoli. The USGS first reported an earthquake at a depth of with a magnitude of 6.4 M and epicentre southeast of Norcia, but subsequently revised the magnitude to 6.2 M. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre put the magnitude at 6.1. The discrepancies between the different estimates of"
"January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes A series of four major earthquakes struck Central Italy between Abruzzo, Lazio, the Marche and Umbria regions on 18 January 2017. A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 25 km northwest of L'Aquila on 18 January at 10:25 local time at a depth of 9 km. A stronger, 5.7 tremor hit the same epicentral area at 11:14 local time. A third earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 5.6 struck 11 minutes later. At 14:33 local time, the fourth tremor of magnitude 5.2 was registered. These earthquakes were followed by multiple aftershocks. The earthquakes were strongly felt in other"
"L'Aquila Cathedral L'Aquila Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, dedicated to Saint Maximus of Aveia and Saint George. It is the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila. The cathedral was originally built in the 13th century and destroyed in the earthquake of 1703. It was restored in the 19th century and further restored in the 20th. It was seriously damaged in the earthquake of 2009, and is presently unusable (2015). From August 2013 the functions of the cathedral were temporarily transferred to the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, itself also damaged in the"
"Pescomaggiore, Pettino, Pianola, Pile, Pizzutillo, Poggio di Roio, Poggio Santa Maria, Pozza di Preturo, Pratelle, Preturo, Ripa, Roio Piano, San Giacomo Alto, San Giuliano, San Gregorio, San Leonardo, San Marco Di Preturo, San Martino di Sassa, Santa Rufina di Roio, Sant'Angelo, Sant'Elia, Santi, San Vittorino, Sassa, Tempera, Torretta, Vallesindola, Vasche. L'Aquila is twinned with: L'Aquila railway station, on the Terni–Sulmona railway, is the main train station of the city, with trains to Terni, Rieti and Sulmona. L'Aquila L'Aquila (, meaning """"The Eagle"""") is a city and ""comune"" in Southern Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of"
"Lazio Lazio (, ; ; ) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Situated in the central peninsular section of the country, it has almost 5.9 million inhabitants – making it the second most populated region of Italy (after Lombardy and just a little ahead of Campania) – and its GDP of more than 170 billion euros per annum means that it has the nation's second largest regional economy. The capital of Lazio is Rome, which is also Italy's capital and the country's largest city. Lazio comprises a land area of and it has borders with Tuscany, Umbria,"
"magnitude 5.2 was registered. These earthquakes were followed by multiple aftershocks. Earthquakes from August 2016 to January 2017. Aftershock distribution map, 24–25 August.Red: Main shock, Orange: 4.0–5.9, Blue: 3.0–3.9, Light blue: 0–2.9 August 2016 Central Italy earthquake An earthquake, measuring 6.2 ± 0.016 on the moment magnitude scale, hit Central Italy on 24 August 2016 at 03:36:32 CEST (01:36 UTC). Its epicentre was close to Accumoli, with its hypocentre at a depth of 4 ± 1 km, approximately southeast of Perugia and north of L'Aquila, in an area near the borders of the Umbria, Lazio, Abruzzo and Marche regions. ,"
"visited the areas affected by the L'Aquila earthquake on 28 April 2009. The 35th G8 summit took place in the city of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, on 8–10 July 2009. It was moved from the Sardinian seaside city of La Maddalena as part of an attempt to redistribute disaster funds after the earthquake. A trial, which lasted from September 2011 until October 2012, found six scientists and a former government official guilty of involuntary manslaughter. According to the prosecution, they had spread ""inaccurate, incomplete and contradictory"" statements after preliminary tremors could be felt on the days before 6 April 2009. While scientists"
"of Italy by a plebiscite. After the referendum of 2006, 7 municipalities of Montefeltro were detached from the Province of Pesaro and Urbino to join the Province of Rimini (Emilia-Romagna) on 15 August 2009. The municipalities are Casteldelci, Maiolo, Novafeltria, Pennabilli, San Leo, Sant'Agata Feltria and Talamello. Towns in Marche were devastated by the 2016 Central Italy earthquake which occurred on 24 August 2016. Prior to the 1980s, Marche was considered a rather poor region, although economically stable in some sectors, thanks particularly to its agricultural output and to the contribution of traditional crafts. Today the contribution of agriculture to"
"with most of the active faults being normal in type and NW-SE trending. The extension is due to the back-arc basin in the Tyrrhenian Sea opening faster than the African Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake occurred at 03:32 CEST (01:32 UTC) at the relatively shallow depth of and with an epicentre at 42.3476° N, 13.3800 °E, approximately north-east of Rome, near the city of L'Aquila. The earthquake was reported to measure 6.3 on the moment magnitude scale. Earthquakes mark the history of L'Aquila, a city built on the bed of an ancient lake, providing a soil"
"Industry. On 6 April 2009, an earthquake occurred in the region of Abruzzo, in central Italy, causing the death of more than 300 people. Wanting to support the reconstruction of the city, Italian singer Jovanotti decided to call his colleague and friend Giuliano Sangiorgi, leader of the band Negramaro. Sangiorgi later declared: ""We were thinking of what we could do, because for the first time the scenes broadcast by televisions didn't look distant, but extremely close to us and painful. In the beginning, we were thinking of a concert, but it looked to be something too 'joyous' in front of"
"to its history. The area has been inhabited for approximately 1,000 years and initially it did not have a defined city structure. During the Roman conquest, the fertility of the area guaranteed food production for Rome. During Medieval times San Gregorio was known for its Romanesque-church. On April 6, 2009, at 01:32 GMT (03:32 CEST) an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy (See 2009 L'Aquila earthquake) with its epicenter near San Gregorio, at 42°25′22″N, 13°23′40″E. It is estimated that 12 residents were killed, 8 of whom were killed when the village’s medieval church collapsed. It was estimated that 95%"
"region saw dozens of significant aftershocks following the main earthquake. The strongest, which hit at 19:47 CEST on 7 April, measured magnitude 5.3 and caused further damage. According to the Italian National Geophysics Institute director Boschi, the aftershock epicentres migrated south-east, thus lessening the risk of further major shocks near populated areas. Aftershocks caused safety problems for rescue crews searching for injured victims trapped in precarious structures in the historic center of L'Aquila, a medieval city. Using cranes and backhoes to remove loose bricks and broken timbers, the crews were aware that even a small aftershock could have triggered the"
"collapse of seriously damaged walls or parapets. The aftershocks also caused sustained psychological trauma to small children and elderly who had already been traumatized by the main earthquake of 6 April 2009. Aware of this, the Italian government temporarily relocated thousands of citizens away from the epicentral area. As a result of aftershocks, the dome of the Anime Sante Basilica in L'Aquila, already heavily damaged by the main shock, almost entirely collapsed. Further buildings collapsed in L'Aquila and in neighbouring municipalities. The aftershock was strong enough to be felt in Rome, where it caused an elderly man to die of"
"1737. After the unification of Italy in the 19th century, Amatrice became part of the province of L'Aquila in the region of Abruzzo, eventually being annexed to Lazio in 1927. On 24 August 2016, a powerful earthquake struck Amatrice, devastating the town and killing at least 295 people. Sergio Pirozzi, at the time the mayor of Amatrice (on March 2018 he was elected in the Regional Council of Lazio), said that the town ""is no more"". Later, Pirozzi said that ""three-quarters of the town was destroyed"". Nearby Accumoli and Pescara del Tronto were also devastated. ‡ Withstood the 2016 earthquake"
"and art exhibitions. Palazzetto dei Nobili The Palazzo della Congregazione dei Nobili (""Palace of the Congregation of the Nobles""), better known as Palazzetto dei Nobili (""Palace of Nobles"") or “Oratorio dei Nobili” (""Oratory of Nobles""), is a historic building of L'Aquila in Southern Italy. The Palace is located in L’Aquila center at piazza Santa Margherita, 2. The Palace of Nobles of l’Aquila is a typical Palace of the Italian mannerist architecture. After the 2009 L’Aquila’s earthquake, the Palace was renovated and opened in September 2012. Today the Palace the headquarters of the Committee for the nomination of the European Capital"
"San Gregorio (L'Aquila) San Gregorio is a village in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is a ""frazione"" of the ""comune"" of L'Aquila. It sits 584 meters above sea level at the base of Monte Manicola. The village of San Gregorio is 12.11 kilometers from the town of L'Aquila, of which it is considered a suburb community (Fraction or Frazione). Italy’s SS17 Highway is its main transportation artery. The village sits near an active earthquake fault zone in the Valley of the Aterno-Pescara. San Gregorio is a rural agricultural suburb of the city of L'Aquila and is closely tied"
"fortress in Europe was also ruined by this event, yet the town survived. L'Aquila was then repopulated by decision of Pope Clement XI. The town was rocked by earthquake again in 1706. The most serious earthquake in the history of the town struck on July 31, 1786, when more than 6.000 people died. On June 26, 1958 an earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck the town. On April 6, 2009, at 01:32 GMT (03:32 CEST) an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy with its epicentre near L'Aquila, at . Initial reports said the earthquake caused damage to between 3,000 and"
"several buildings collapsed and a number of houses in the old town remain uninhabitable. <br> Ocre Ocre is a ""comune"" (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Its c. 1000 inhabitants live in several small villages scattered across the mid-to–low L’Aquila basin, about 15 kilometers south east of Abruzzo’s regional capital. The town hall offices are located in San Panfilo d’Ocre. It belongs to the Amiternina mountain community and part of the territory lies in the Sirente Velino Regional Park. In the Middle Ages, the fortified village of San Panfilo controlled the"
"earthquake and now closed to worship for rebuilding works; and later transferred again to the Basilica of San Giuseppe Artigiano, not far from the cathedral, rebuilt and reopened after the earthquake of July 2012. As at April 2015 work on the cathedral had not yet started; it seems that they may begin in September 2015. L'Aquila Cathedral L'Aquila Cathedral () is a Roman Catholic cathedral in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, dedicated to Saint Maximus of Aveia and Saint George. It is the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila. The cathedral was originally built in the 13th century and destroyed in"
"Alighieri"" in Reggio Calabria. Calabria Calabria (; ' in Calabrian; ' in Calabrian Greek; in Greek; ' in Arbëresh/Albanian), known in antiquity as Bruttium, is a region in Southern Italy. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro. The Regional Council of Calabria is based at the Palazzo Campanella in the city of Reggio Calabria. The region is bordered to the north by the Basilicata Region, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region covers and has a population of just under 2 million. The demonym of Calabria is ""calabrese"" in Italian"
"Pieve di Cento Pieve di Cento (Bolognese: ; ""parish of Cento"") is a ""comune"" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about north of Bologna. Two major earthquakes struck the region of Emilia-Romagna in 2012, killing more than twenty people and leaving thousands homeless. The first tremor struck early in the morning of 20 May; two further serious aftershocks struck several hours later, and again nine days later, causing widespread damage particularly to buildings already weakened by earlier seismic forces. In Pieve di Cento, the shaking collapsed the cupola of the Church of Santa"
"Palazzetto dei Nobili The Palazzo della Congregazione dei Nobili (""Palace of the Congregation of the Nobles""), better known as Palazzetto dei Nobili (""Palace of Nobles"") or “Oratorio dei Nobili” (""Oratory of Nobles""), is a historic building of L'Aquila in Southern Italy. The Palace is located in L’Aquila center at piazza Santa Margherita, 2. The Palace of Nobles of l’Aquila is a typical Palace of the Italian mannerist architecture. After the 2009 L’Aquila’s earthquake, the Palace was renovated and opened in September 2012. Today the Palace the headquarters of the Committee for the nomination of the European Capital of Culture cities"
"division in Italy). Foggia is twinned with: The TV character Archie Bunker on ""All in the Family"" spent time in Foggia when he was in the Army Air Corps. Foggia Foggia (; ) is a city and ""comune"" of Apulia, in southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013 its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the ""granary of Italy"". The name """"Foggia"""" might derive from Latin """"fovea"""", meaning """"pit"""", referring to the pits where wheat was stored. The name's etymology remains uncertain however, as it could as"