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Aurum

The building of Aurum has seen series of events and contexts that have never betrayed the true nature of this place. Since the beginning of the twentieth century its attitude was : "a place for entertainment and recreation." The architect Liberi prepared only the plan of the whole area.

Only in 1919 the building received a new destination, becoming the seat of the distilleries of Aurum, the typical and well-known liqueur from Abruzzo.

Since 2003 began the renovation of the former distillery, ready to be transformed into a large multifunctional cultural center.

Pinewood dannunziana

The pinewood Dannunziana is a nature reserve located in the southern part of the city of Pescara.

The current area of the reserve occupies a vast territory that for centuries has been covered by an uninterrupted series of pine forests and Mediterranean.

MUSEO DELLE GENTI

D’ABRUZZO

The museum is born in May 1973 for initiative of the “Archeoclub” in Pescara.

In 1982 the majority of the patrimony is given to the commune in Pescara, that March 13 th 1998 inaugurates the museum in its actual center.

To the inside they are contained finds and testimonies, from the Prehistory to the Industrial Revolution.

Cascella’s ship

Pietro Cascella (Pescara, 2nd February 1921  –  Pietrasanta, 18th May 2008) was an italian sculptor and painter.He  was  the  heir  of  his grandfather  Basilio  and  his father  Tommaso.  He  was very young when he started showing  interest  in  painting, following  his  father’s teachings.

The  fountain  is   formed  by  a rectangular  pool made  of  Carrara marble,  containing a  stilyzed  ship  that remind  the «galea», an old rowing boat. 

It  is  intentionally  inspired  to  the seafaring tradition of  Pescara,  but  there  are  other  interpretations  that consider the sculptur a commemoration of the pains that  Pescara’s  prisoners  suffered  in  the  Bourbon fortress,  while  they  were  used  as  rowers  on  Spanish ships until 1859.

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BOAT HARBOUR

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Marina di Pescara is one of the largest boat harbour in Europe that has received the prestigious international award “the Blue Flag of Europe”, continuously since 1990, which is given by the Fee & Fee Environments accommodation to those able to provide a system of "high quality".

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It is located in the center of the city, the Marina of Pescara is well connected with the airport, the railway station and the motorway. It has an enviable position: the routes for Mediterranean's most fascinating, charming destinations such as Croatia, Greece, the coast of the Gargano, Tremiti Islands, the Riviera del Conero start from here.

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Ponte del marePonte del mare

OrBridge on the Sea

“Ponte del mare” is a quite new bridge in Pescara. It was built only in 2009. The bridge is supported by steel cables and it links the southern and norhtern banks of the river Pescara.

The preliminary design was made by the engineer Walter Pichler and the executive project was edited by the engineer Mario de Miranda.

Ponte sul mare is long 466 m and it’s 172 m high. This bridge is the largest cycleble bridge in Italy.

Made by:Andrea CatenaFederico D’Intino

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D’Annunzio’s house

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Who was D’Annunzio?

Gabriele D’Annunzio was born in 1863 in Pescara into a middle class family.

He was famous Italian

writer,poet and playwriter.

D’Annunzio was important for the attention of the musicality of the verse and the careful use of words.

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Thanks to him during the Fascism the Province of Pescara was founded and the two areas in the south (Pescara) and in the north (Castellammare) were joined together and formed the city of Pescara.

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The Vittoriale

He spent his last years on Garda lake where he died in1938. Still today the Vittoriale is one of the most Italian cultural attractive.

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D’Annunzio’s house is in Corso Manthonè.This is the birthplace of Gabriele D'Annunzio and now it’s a museum.Today it is a great tourist attraction.

The building had been restored several times, so his middle-class house caractheristics like wall decorations had been preserved during the years.

TRABOCCHI

(I.E.) f ishing huts buil t on piles are vooden structures on the sea, connected to the mainland by a bridge, used for f ishing not far from the coast

These were built for the families of f ishermen in the Roman age…

….and today they represent a real tourist

attraction

BY

LISA DI CLEMENTE

&

SARA FAGNANI