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News in Abruzzo Year 2000

16 June/giugno 2000 MESSAGGERO - Chieti - Carabinieri in Abruzzo since 1860 / Un legame iniziato nel 1860, by Mario D'Alessandro On 15 october 1860 the carabinieri escorting Vittorio Emanuele II entered Chieti in triumph and stayed in the city. In 1861 the 8th legion was established in Chieti under colonel Enrico Favier, consisting of 23 officers and 1214 carabinieri. The corps was of paramount importance in the defeat of bandits and brigands, with its greatest representative, Chiaffredo Bergia "the hero of Abruzzi", In 1919 the Legione Carabinieri of Abruzzo and Molise. 16 June/giugno 2000 MESSAGGERO - Gessopalena - Fund raising for the Jubilee monument / Monumento per ricordare il Giubileo 2000 The Pro Loco of Gessopalena, directed by Luca Melchiorreinspired by professor Carmine Mattoscio's sentence "Living in the memory of those who remain means you'll never die" started a fund raising to make a monument (a stome Pità realized by sculptors Umberto and Lucio Innaurato) to be placed in the cemetery square with the names of contributing families in the basement. Offers from Italy on c/c postale n. 11436656 - Pro-Loco 66010 Gessopalena (Chieti), from abroad to account n.1411 Bls, branch of Casoli (Chieti), Cab 77600, Abi 5550. 16 June/giugno 2000 IL CENTRO - - Pescara - Twinship with Miami / Gemellaggio con Miami Ceremony tomorrow for the Miami Beach - Pescara twinship, an event made possible through the work and the goodwill of the municipality under Carlo Pace and the Niaf. 16 June/giugno 2000 IL CENTRO - - Montesilvano - 100th birthday / Festa per i 100 anni di nonna Lucia Lucia Faieta, born 14 june 1900 in Collecorvino has been living in Montesilvano since 1923 with her children. She promises she will blow all 100 candles by herself.

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