Abruzzo

Abruzzo, a district of Italy, extending for about 80 miles along the coast of the Adriatic, and constituting formerly one province of the kingdom of the two Sicilies, but now subdivided into three - Abruzzo Ulteriore I., Abruzzo Ulteriore II., and Abruzzo Citeriore. The Abruzzi have an area of 4,900 square miles. The country, being traversed by the Apennines, is rugged and wild, but the valleys are productive, and the uplands provide pasture for large numbers of sheep. The chief towns are Teramo, Aquila, and Chiete.