Abruzzo News: 21 July 2000

To avoid reinterring the most important necropolis in Abrusso, Fossa mayor Giacomo Di Marco declares he had some preliminary contacts with the Paul Getty Foundation after an article on the National Geographic, and another proposal by an Aquilan group to make a golf court around the Necropoli and use the revenues for the site.

29th edition of the wine exhibition in Montepagano, where a laboratory for sommeliers will be founded. Over 50 stands this year, and for the occasion the first palio of Montepagano with medieval sports and a tournament.

The program for the summer until 27 august with exhibition "Acque Fonti Fontane" in the church of San Rocco until 28 July, films in the open air, feasts of di S.Emidio and S.Lorenzo (9-10 august), and all the other appointments.

Inauguration tomorrow in the Palazzo d'Avalos of an exhibition of over 80 works by Giuseppe Nicola, Francesco Paolo and Filippo Palizzi, which will be open until 2001.

The ironwrought statue showing the last embrace of Mary and Christ, the work of Sulmonese Alessandro Monticelli and Claudio Pagone, 3 mt tall and weighing 300 kg, will be donated to the Basilica of Santa maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila.

Nature scientist Nancy answered by email an appeal by the WWF section of Abruzzo to study mountain swallows nesting on the rocks of the Apennines, the only swallow that does not migrate.

The women of the Elderly center have opened this year too the Mostra mercato del ricamo, which can be visited from 16 to 20 hours until the end of August - the revenues will provide funds to the center, attended by 200 people.

The detailed program is online in the Italian article.

The Province of Pescara and the Comunità montane Vestina and Maiella-Morrone have organized free bus excursions twice a week. Tomorrow, abbey of San Liberatore, Serramonacesca and hermitage of Sant'Onofrio. Bookings at 085.42900212 and 085.835675.