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Latest additions: Montenerodomo - Onciario 1753 all complete families | Ari - Onciario (all 73 complete families) 1742 | Barete - Onciario (all 160 complete families) 1753 | Pacentro - Onciario 1753 with all complete families | Manoppello - Indexes of Notary Serafini Costantino, years 1667-1670 (171 deeds) | Casoli - indexes of notary Nicola Belfatto 1740-1748 | Lentella - marriages 1866-1875 | Popoli - marriages 1809 | Sant'Eusanio Forconese: Catasto Onciario 1749 with all complete families | 1657 year of the plague in Pescocostanzo, 55 wills | Civitella del Tronto marriages 1876-1885 | Gessopalena - Indexes of Notary C. Paglione 1580-1609 ... read more...

listIn the News: from the New York Times: After Quake in Italy, Seeking Greener Pastures | In Abruzzi, Italy Shows a Rougher Edge -- John Fante: Il legame con l'Abruzzo | In lui esempio e ispirazione | Fante, lo scrittore riscoperto | Dan Fante: ecco l’Olympia di mio padre

IN THE SPOTLIGHT:
»13 January 1915: the earthquake of Avezzano (in Italian)
»That house is now only a memory (in Italian)
»itinerariesSuggested Itineraries in Abruzzo for a short visit: castles, churches.
»Traditional music of L'AquilaTrio99 Vol 1: Traditional music of L'Aquila with booklet of lyrics.
»L'Aquila in 3-D
»Updated guestbooks
»News from Earthquake Land
»The 99 Spouts
»Pescara in the 1950's


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Abruzzo History & Art Guide
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Enchanting Italy: Monuments and Itineraries in Italy
Discover Italy with articles on the finest spots - latest articles: the Monreale Cathedral, The Walls of Bergamo

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St. Peter Celestine's Pardon, L'Aquila, every 28th Aug for + 700 years, photos by Valter Carapellese.

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Community of torricellani in the world, old pictures, family history, genealogy ...

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Seminal studies on brigandage in the Valle Subequana in the years of Italian unification.

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A homage to L'Aquila, his family's hometown, with a fountain of the 99 spouts in the States

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nature photography as a life choice to defeat ALS from Abruzzo to Kenya, to Alaska, and more...

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A moving love story: the fight of Davide's parents from L'Aquila against Canavan disease

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Ethno- photography on Abruzzo folklore & culture by Vincenzo Battista (website).

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A new novel by Angelo De Nicola on the mystery of San Pietro Celestino.

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The great Italian American writer from Abruzzo, in the articles of Paolo Di Vincenzo.

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