| Val Vibrata | |
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Location  | |
| State | Italy |
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| Region | Abruzzo |
| Surface | 270.73 km² |
| Inhabitants | 77.355 (2011 census) |
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Val Vibrata is a valley ofAbruzzo.
To know
Geographical notes
Val Vibrata is a valley ofAbruzzo teramano bordering the Marche; it is crossed by the Vibrata stream that forged it and gives it its name. It extends from the innermost reliefs of Civitella del Tronto to the Adriatic beaches of Martinsicuro, Alba Adriatica is Tortoreto.
Background
Numerous findings testify to the presence of man since prehistoric times; the Roman presence is rich; even more the medieval and Renaissance testimonies, when with the urbanization small but important urban realities fortified on the top of the hills came to be created. The most notable example is Civitella del Tronto.
The fortification of urban centers was also required by the border position in which the Valley was located, located between the Kingdom of Naples and the lands of the Church. In particular Nereto is Ankaran they were separated several times from the Abruzzo territory and included in the fief of the Bishop of Ascoli Piceno.
In contemporary times, coastal tourism development has seen the foundation of lively seaside resorts in continuous expansion which are now increasingly constituting a conurbation that also affects the towns of Abruzzo to the south and those of the Marche to the north. At the institutional level, the twelve Municipalities of Val Vibrata have formed a Union called City-Territory Val Vibrata which aims to manage the services of the territory more and more jointly.
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Alba Adriatica - It has developed as a seaside resort since the sixties, so as to achieve administrative independence from Tortoreto.
- Ankaran - The village retains many aspects of the reconstruction of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, with narrow and winding streets that adapt to the relief. It was a Roman settlement useful for its position of control of the Val Vibrata and on the Via Salaria.
- Civitella del Tronto - Perched on a summit, Civitella del Tronto stands out in the panorama with its fortifications and its well-preserved historic center, which rightly makes it one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. Its spectacular fortress surrendered to the Italian troops on March 20, 1861, while the unification of Italy was declared on March 17, 1861.
- Colonnella - Its origins are linked to two Roman settlements which were founded by the Liburnians and subsequently destroyed by the barbarians: Truentum and Castrum Truentinum. In the fourteenth century it was purchased by the Conti Vescovi of Ascoli Piceno and like other centers of Val Vibrata it always lived the condition of borderland between the Kingdom of Naples and the State of the Church, being now on one side, now on the other.
- Counter-war - There are numerous prehistoric and Roman finds in the territory of Controguerra, which will later become an important border fief of theAbruzzo The tower with the adjoining palace which was the residence of the feudal families of the Nanno, of the Serra and finally of the Acquaviva di Atri from 1393 to 1760 remain of its past.
- Corropoli
- Martinsicuro - Here the Roman roads Salaria and Traiana crossed, and here stood the Roman centers of Truentum and Castrum Truentinum. It is a popular seaside resort.
- Nereto - The Vico Galliano of Roman times stood in an area already inhabited in prehistoric times and then by populations originating from Greece. With the barbarian invasions the center was destroyed and its inhabitants moved to an area further north; the inhabited area took the name of Casale Nereti. The Benedictine monks arrived in the area after the year 1000 and built a church of San Martino on the site of the ancient Vico Galliano.
- Sant'Egidio alla Vibrata - Sant'Egidio was a Roman vico remembered by Pliny the Elder and had the name of Ilium. The subsequent Lombard presence is testified above all to Faraone, today the center of the territory of Sant'Egidio, which they fortified in consideration of its strategic and dominant position with respect to the territory. Important Lombard traces have been found in Faraone as well as some tombs.
- Sant'Omero
- Torano Nuovo - An important activity of its economy is viticulture and the production of wine, already known in antiquity, so much so that Pliny remembers how Hannibal, a veteran of the battle of Trasimeno, used the wine of the area to treat his horses suffering from scabies.
- Tortoreto - The historic center is a characteristic medieval hilltop village; its position allows you to wander over a long range of sea and mountains, so much so that it is defined Adriatic sentinel. More famous and popular is the hamlet of Tortoreto Lido, a town built a few decades ago, which is located right along the coast.
How to get
By plane
- Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201.
- Airport of Ancona
By car
It has tollbooth on the Adriatica motorway, exit Val Vibrata
The Adriatic state road covers the entire coast
The former Val Vibrata state road, now provincial 259, crosses the entire valley from Civitella del Tronto to Alba Adriatica
It has tollbooth on the Adriatica motorway, exit Val Vibrata
The Adriatic state road covers the entire coast
The former Val Vibrata state road, now provincial 259, crosses the entire valley from On the train
It has its own stations on the Adriatic route:
How to get around
What see
- Strong Spanish to Civitella del Tronto - The fortress of Civitella del Tronto is a mighty structure overlooking the urban center of Civitella. The defensive settlement complex represents one of the most important strongholds of the Viceroyalty of Naples and impressive military engineering works carried out on the soil of southern Italy. For its extension it is comparable to the Forte della Brunetta, built by the Piedmontese near the city of Susa and the Hohensalzburg Fortress of Salzburg. Its constructions are articulated for a length of about 500 meters and an average width of 45, covering an area of 25,000 square meters. The site is mainly remembered for being the last bastion of the Kingdom of Naples which surrendered to the Piedmontese on March 20, 1861, three days after the coronation of the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele II.
- Church of the Madonna della Misericordia (Santa Maria della Misericordia) to Tortoreto - The interior of the late Romanesque church is of particular importance for the frescoes that Giacomo Bonfini painted there in 1526. Main subject of the images are the last days of Christ. They are in excellent condition thanks to the skilful restoration carried out in 1974.
- Church of Sant'Agostino to Tortoreto - The main altar shows the coat of arms and symbols of the Augustinians and of Sant'Antonio abate. The large central painting (4.15 x 2.90 meters) represents the Baptism of St. Augustine, the work of Mattia Preti known as the Calabrese Knight.
What to do
At the table
The Abruzzo Region declared traditional Abruzzo dishes two culinary specialties of Nereto: the neretese turkey and the neretese goat.
Tourist infrastructure
The Adriatic coast of Val Vibrata is full of bathing establishments, hotels, campsites, sports facilities, cycle paths, swimming pools that have allowed the great tourist development of the three marine centers of Martinsicuro, Alba Adriatica is Tortoreto Lido, places that for years have received the recognition of the European Blue Flag which is assigned to the cleanest tourist resorts.
Safety
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Val Vibrata
