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PESCARA
, a See also:river of See also:Italy, formed by the confluence of the Gizio and''Aterno, and flowing into the Adriatic at the small See also:town of Pescara
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This town occupies the site of the See also:ancient Aternum, the See also:terminus of the Via Claudia See also:Valeria, and up to 1867 a fortress of some importance
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The railway from See also:Sulmona follows the Pescara valley and joins the See also:coast See also:line to See also:Brindisi at Pescara
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In this valley, 22 M. from the See also:sea, was the site of the ancient Interpromium, a town belonging probably to the See also:Paeligni; and not far off is the very See also:fine Cistercian See also:abbey See also: Calore in Archivio storico dell' See also:ark (See also:Rome, 1891), iv . 9 sqq . |
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