L'Aquila

'''L'Aquila''' ( ; ; ) is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region. 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.

earthquake

annual religious event in L'Aquila, Italy

2009 international leaders meeting

Catholic archdiocese in Italy

Amiternum was an ancient Sabine city, then Roman city and later bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy, located from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC).

association football club

mountain in Italy

former rugby union club

Italian female saint

academic institution