Location: Pescara
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Pescara [peˈskaːra] listen (help·info) is the capital city of the Province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 125,717 (2017) residents (and approximately 450,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). Located on the Adriatic coast at the mouth of the Aterno-Pescara River, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of Pescara, 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.
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1. Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo
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4.5 based on 160 reviews
The museum follows the story of mankind in Abruzzo, from man's first appearance as a Palaeolithic hunter. It highlights the contribution made by 9 italic tribes from Abruzzo and Molise to the making of Rome, thus giving the name "Italy" to the entire peninsula. A brief summary illustrates how much of their past has been handed down to us in terms of customs, beliefs, places of worship, products, objects, manners. The central theme of the museum, organized into 16 huge display rooms, is the concept of continuity, everlasting culture, illustrated via a fascinating, educational exhibition, equipped with multimedia facilities and digitally assisted audio guide available in many languages. The museum, is one of the most original and innovative within the field of Antropology in Italy. The Museum of the Abruzzi People is located in the historical centre of Pescara, inside the old Bourbon barracks building. The floor where the permanent collection is housed was built as barracks in the 18th Century, on the basement that belonged to Pescara's 15th Century fortress.
Reviewed By 346darinag
We were in the museum as a Group and we very liked it. It’s a really interesting museum and it was worth to visit especially because we had a really nice Guide who told us a lot about the exhibits. The museum shows the history from Abruzzo with old discoveries and different samples found in the region.
2. Aurum - La Fabbrica delle Idee
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4.5 based on 212 reviews
3. Ponte del Mare
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4.5 based on 1,915 reviews
Reviewed By zzzzzZzzzzZO - Krakow, Poland
Wonderful bridge at the main beach. You can see the city and the sea from this place. Interesting construction.
4. Paparella Treccia Devlet Museum
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
The Museum is housed in a late nineteenth century villa located in the center of Pescara. Inside, it houses the precious and ancient ceramic collection of Castelli, the result of 40 years of research and study by Raffaele Paparella Treccia, who donated his collection and his house to a Foundation named after him and his wife Margaret Devlet. Castelli, a small village in the province of Teramo, has been, over the centuries, one of the largest centers for the production of ceramics. The collection exhibited consists of 151 selected masterpieces of the great Castelli masters active between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, including Francesco Grue, his son Carlo Antonio Grue, his grandson Francesco Antonio Saverio and others, such as Gentili, Cappelletti and Fuina, ordered chronologically, and displayed in the main rooms of the house. The Foundation is committed to spreading the knowledge of the majolica of Castelli and educational activities, to promote love and interest for Art.
5. Trabocchi
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4.5 based on 45 reviews
Reviewed By micheleaQ8239JH - Caltanissetta, Italy
This is the beautiful city of Pescara, in the Abruzzo region, beautiful mountains, good sea, nice people and good fish.
6. Ponte Flaiano
7. Parrocchia "Madonna dei Sette Dolori"
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4.5 based on 65 reviews
8. Pineta Dannunziana
9. Museo Casa Natale di Gabriele d'Annunzio
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4.0 based on 330 reviews
Reviewed By EdoardoP973
Very interesting little museum in the heart of Pescara's old town. Definitely worth a visit! However, I'd recommend the museum's managers to improve the English material for foreign visitors ;-)
10. Pescara Vecchia
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4.0 based on 342 reviews
Reviewed By ugon2021 - Pescara, Italy
Despite its relatively small size, Pescara's old town is a true gem. Its main streets are Corso Manthoné, via delle Caserme and via dei Bastioni (the latter follows the same path as the ancient Roman road connecting Pescara to Rome), while Piazza Garibaldi is the heart of the old town. Here, in a 500 m range, visitors may find three gorgeous museums (the Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo, hosted in the 500 year old barracks of the ancient fortress, displaying the history of people and traditions in Abruzzo; Gabriele D'Annunzio's birthplace museum; and the Cascella Museum, which contains a gorgeous collection of Abruzzese paintings from the XIX and XX century), archaeological sites (es. Santa Gerusalemme, a medieval church built on top of a Roman temple), the cathedral of Saint Cetteo, as well as dozens a m a z i n g restaurants serving traditional local cuisine (Taverna 58 and Pescì are must visit) as well as foreign (Chef Nestor and Giappo for Japanese, Omar Kayyam for Persian). Moreover, the whole area is literally full of archaeological remains waiting to be restored and brought back to life.
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