Pescara
Sign in to savePescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). Located on the Adriatic coast at the mouth of the River Aterno-Pescara, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of the old Pescara fortress, the part of the city to the south of the river, and Castellamare Adriatico, the part of the city to the north of the river. The surrounding area was formed into the province
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Pescara is the largest city in Italy's Abruzzo region, located on the Adriatic coast where the Aterno-Pescara River meets the sea, with about 119,000 residents in the city proper and 350,000 in its wider metropolitan area. The city was created in its current form in 1927 when two separate municipalities on either side of the river were joined together to form a single municipality.
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Key facts
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- Pescara
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Pescara
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- File:Pescara Montage 2018.png
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Top: port of Pescara and Gran Sasso d'ItaliaCentre: Palazzo Imperato; Fountain La Nave; and Church of the Sacred HeartBottom: Palazzo di Città; and Aurum Museum
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Araldico Città di Pescara.svg
- Italian comune.motto
- "This is the city of Aternum, gate of Abruzzi and border of the Kingdom"
- Italian comune.region
- Abruzzo
- Italian comune.province
- Pescara (PE)
- Italian comune.established_date
- 1811
- Italian comune.frazioni
- San Silvestro
- Italian comune.mayor
- Carlo Masci
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- Geography
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- History
- Demographics
- Government
- Main sights
- Economy
- Culture
- University
- Sports
- Transport
- Motorways
- Airport
- Port
- Rail
- Bus
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- People
- Twin towns
- See also
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Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). Located on the Adriatic coast at the mouth of the River Aterno-Pescara, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of the old Pescara fortress, the part of the city to the south of the river, and Castellamare Adriatico, the part of the city to the north of the river. The surrounding area was formed into the province of Pescara.
The main commercial street of the city is Corso Umberto I, which runs between two squares, starting from Piazza della Repubblica and reaching the seacoast in Piazza Primo Maggio. The rectangle that it forms with Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Via Nicola Fabrizi is home of the main shopping district, enclosed in a driving restriction zone, where several of the best fashion shops are located. Corso Manthoné, the course of the old Pescara, has, for many years, been the center of the nightlife of the city. City hall and the administration of the province are in Piazza Italia, near the river, and in the area between here and the D'Annunzio University campus to the south, a business district has grown up over the years, while the Marina is situated to the immediate south of the mouth of the river. Pescara is also served by an international airport, the Abruzzo Airport, and one of the major touristic ports of the Adriatic Sea and Italy, the Port of Pescara.