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43-536: The city was destroyed by the earthquake of 1915 . It was rebuilt after the 1944 Allied bombing. The city was decorated with the silver medal for civil merit, an award granted by the Italian Republic . There are different common etymologies for the name of the city: from "Ad Vetianum" which means a "to the Vetia family"; from "Avidianum" or "fundus Avidianus" which is derived from the noble Avidius domiciled in

86-517: A fallen statue reported in St John Lateran and cracks on the Column of Marcus Aurelius . In fact, damage from the earthquake was diverse; either the location was destroyed or experienced little to no damage. Survivors were pulled out slowly from the ruins of earthquake-stricken zones. One man survived in a barn for a period of 25 days living solely off of grains and water. After a short time

129-401: A mosaic floor with figurative motifs. The polychrome central panel represents the winged victory on a chariot pulled by two running horses. Inhabited until the beginning of the sixth century AD, it was probably abandoned following an earthquake that shook the whole area. Graves dating to the 5th-6th century AD have come to light again near the perimeter of the villa, containing objects used for

172-546: A national rescue and relief effort was promptly started. Among those nursing the victims was the Venerable Suzanne Aubert . She would write back to New Zealand in August: There are now very few of the victims of the earthquake left in hospitals, but the wounded soldiers keep on arriving. Theirs is a pitiful sight, but I think that the sight of the crushed people was worse. You see only men in

215-556: Is Avezzano Rugby . Avezzano is twinned with: 1915 Avezzano earthquake The 1915 Avezzano earthquake or 1915 Fucino earthquake occurred on 13 January in central Italy at 07:52:42 local time . The shock had a moment magnitude of 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ). The epicenter was located in the city of Avezzano (which was destroyed) in the Province of L'Aquila . Around 30,000 direct fatalities and $ 60 million in damage resulted from

258-641: Is in the former bed of the Fucino and surrounded by towering hills, Avezzano is characterized by a Mediterranean mountain climate . Based on climatic averages for the period 1951–2000 published by the agency ARSSA ( Regione Abruzzo ), and climatic averages related to thirty years of reference 1961–1990, the average temperature of the coldest month, January stood at +2,0 °C; that of the hottest month, August, +20.5 °C. In summer sometimes temperatures exceed 30 °C. The Climate classification is: Zone E, 2561 GR / G. The city, having been completely destroyed by

301-581: Is located the Fucino Space Centre , one of the major global operators of satellite services. Commerce plays a very important role for the city in retail trade, digital service industries and traditional service industries. Large commercial areas are located on the Tiburtina Valeria street, between Roma street and Cappelle dei Marsi and along XX Settembre street, just outside the city. The so-called "natural shopping center" consists of

344-457: Is the Fucino potato which obtained the recognition of the quality label "Protected Geographical Indication". Several qualities of vegetables: carrot highland Fucino (PGI), radishes, salads and all kinds of horticultural products. In Abruzzo, 25% of agricultural GDP comes from Fucino plain. Built in the 1970s just outside the city in the direction of Luco dei Marsi , the industrial park includes numerous industrial and manufacturing enterprises and

387-518: Is the economic engine of the province. Among these are Micron Technology and L-Foundry, electronics giants engaged in highly specialized manufacturing. Around 1,600 workers are employed at the fabrication center "Innovation & Technology" in Avezzano. Also located here are Arab TV, Kidco, the Burgo group, FIAMM , Saes, Presider, Presafer and several other specialized firms. Nearby in the Fucino plain

430-412: The 1693 Sicily earthquake . Powerful shocks in 1693, 1783 , and 1908 as well as 1915 have killed over 30,000 people each. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.0–7.5 M s , recalculated as 6.7 M w . The calculated epicentre lies about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west-northwest of San Benedetto dei Marsi . Surface ruptures that were mapped at the time show that parts of both

473-572: The Via Flaminia , the main communication between Ravenna and Rome , to cut its alternative, the fortified Via Amerina , and capture several Byzantine cities. He took several strongholds in Latium and threatened Rome, where Gregory the Great , cut off from the exarchate, was forced to make a separate peace with him, to the great dissatisfaction of Romanus (exarch) , the exarch of Ravenna , who

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516-473: The battle of Tagliacozzo in 1268. In the fourteenth century in Avezzano ended the process of aggregation of the various villages that make up the urban center. In the 15th century Avezzano was under Gentile Virginio Orsini , who built the castle in 1490. In the fifteenth century occurred the victory of the Colonna family over Orsini. Their lordship lasted about three centuries. The castle of Avezzano in 1565

559-701: The earthquake . The central Apennines of Italy are dominated by extensional tectonics as a result of either roll-back associated with continuing subduction of the Adriatic plate or northeastward movement of the Adriatic plate relative to the Eurasian plate . The epicentral area of the earthquake lies within the Fucino Basin , an area of active rifting with a Pliocene to recent fill of greater than 1 km of fluvial to lacustrine sediments. Since

602-407: The earthquake of 1915 , has no monuments of particular interest as do other locations in the region of Abruzzo. However, you can see some important remains of its ancient history. The castle was built in 1490 by Gentile Virginio Orsini , who had it built around a pre-existing medieval tower of the twelfth century; it is square, with round towers at the angles. The castle project was probably led by

645-449: The 2nd century BC are along the ancient via Tiburtina Valeria . The grandiose remains of a Roman villa on terraces can be seen at S. Pelino with an aqueduct conduit upstream of the fountain with an opening on a beautiful wall in opus isodoma . Below the spring, a long terracing wall in opus cementicium is visible, 36 m long and preserved (for the first 8 m) to a height of 4.4 m: below is a curtain (2.60 m high) of blocks, molded in steps on

688-581: The Avezzano Earthquake of 1915 ( Italian : Medaglia di benemerenza per il terremoto di Avezzano del 1915 ) on 8 August 1915 to reward the organizations and people who provided relief work to the survivors of the earthquake. Ariulf of Spoleto Ariulf (died 602) was the second Duke of Spoleto from 592 (the death of Faroald ) until his own death. In 592, Ariulf, whose position in Spoleto and control of key points along

731-607: The Late Pliocene the subsidence has controlled by a set of NW-SE trending, SW- dipping normal faults , including the Marsican Hwy Fault (MHF) and the San Benedetto dei Marsi–Gioia dei Marsi Fault (SBMGF), which bound the northeast side of the basin. Central and southern Italy in particular have been struck by deadly earthquakes in the last 300 years, with the deadliest earthquake dating back to at least

774-456: The MHF and SBMGF moved during the earthquake. Focal mechanisms calculated using the limited instrumental data available for the earthquake suggest strike-slip faulting, but this is at odds with the known geological structure and the mechanism is thought to be purely extensional. The earthquake took place at around 8:00 local time affecting thousands of people throughout central and southern Italy;

817-548: The activities in the city center. Near Avezzano there are parks, valleys, cities and the natural environment of the Abruzzi mountains: National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise , Sirente-Velino Regional Park , Fucino plain , Mount Velino , Ovindoli , Tagliacozzo , Giovenco valley , Roveto valley and Cavaliere plain . The football squad is Avezzano Calcio who play at the Stadio dei Marsi-Sandro Cimarra . The rugby team

860-564: The border between the Aequi and Marsi at Colle Sabulo, Cretaro-Brecciara and Valle Solegara. Avezzano was a rural area in the ager (state land) of Alba Fucens founded by Rome between 304-3 BC after the Roman conquest and colonisation of the territory of the Aequi bordering that of the Marsi . Several Roman villas have been found in the area. The remains of the so-called Villa of Avezzano of

903-694: The city is situated the Roman archaeological site of Alba Fucens. It was founded by Rome as a Latin colony between 304 and 303 BC in the territory of the Aequi , on the frontier of the Marsi , in a strategic position. It is on a hill just north of the Tiburtina - Valeria , the ancient road from Rome to the Adriatic regions. Excavations were carried out since 1949 by the University of Leuven in Belgium , led by professor Fernand De Visscher . The nature reserve, established in 1999, covers 722 hectares west of

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946-580: The country road which joins S. Pelino Vecchio with medieval Paterno. Lower down on the Via Valeria is the "villa of Paterno" in the fundus Paternianus (of which there is evidence from the Middle Ages with the curtis de Paterno and its church of Sanctae Mariae in Paterniano) discovered in 1971 which included a baths with a room paved in cocciopesto , another with a hypocaust , while in a third

989-601: The decoration of the deceased and for daily use. In 591 in the area came under the control of Ariulf and the duchy of Spoleto . Charlemagne , after the mid-700s, donated Gastald of the Marsi and all the lands of the duchy to the papal states . So originated the county of the Marsi. In the Late Middle Ages the victory of Charles of Anjou led to the destruction of Albe and Pietraquaria whose people had sided in favor of Conradin , duke of Swabia , defeated after

1032-474: The edges, in polygonal work 40 cm thick in six rows surmounted by a coating of opus reticulatum up to 1.8 m. On the slopes is a terrace wall about 5 m high with masonry 70 cm thick. Other villas of considerable size are at nearby Paterno, one on terraces in Panciano and another in the modern town. The first has a terrace wall in polygonal work, a conduit from a spring and a vast area of pottery fragments along

1075-470: The emperor Claudius and turning the land under the great lake into a fertile plain. In 1977, the tunnels were opened as an archaeological park. The Cathedral of St. Bartholomew was built in 1000 and documented in the thirteenth century. After its destruction as a result of the earthquake of 1915, it was rebuilt after 1940 in the new central square of Avezzano. The facade is neo-Renaissance travertine. The three portals are topped with mosaics depicting Christ and

1118-410: The engineer Francesco di Giorgio Martini . In the sixteenth century the castle was expanded by the order of Marcantonio Colonna , becoming an elegant residence. Severely damaged by the earthquake of 1915, it was partially restored after 1990. The tunnels are located south of the city. They were built by the emperor Claudius between 41 and 52 AD by which the emperor made the first attempts at draining

1161-444: The enormous amount of energy released during the tremor. Compound motion of the fault was also a likely contributor to the earthquake's destruction. The structure of the housing also contributed to the collapse; many homes had been built from simple rocks of varying size and were not reinforced by mortar or even wood. Damage of the earthquake was distributed throughout central and southern Italy. Rome experienced minor damage, including

1204-567: The furnace was visible. The fundus Avidianus was an estate owned by the Avidii family as attested by local inscriptions and attributable to the II-I century BC which would have included a villa. The first major settlements in this area began after drainage of Lake Fucino by the Tunnels of Claudius from 52 AD. The Roman villa rustica in the locality of Macerine opened to the public in 2008. It

1247-513: The history of Italy on the early morning of January 13, 1915, with only Palazzi's house and a wing of Orsini-Colonna castle spared. More than 30,000 people died. The town streets were then completely rebuilt along straight, parallel lines, with wide green areas and villas in the Liberty style . During World War I and World War II, a concentration camp was located near the city, where foreign war prisoners were interned. During World War II, Avezzano

1290-465: The huge Lake Fucino . To create the tunnels and the main gallery, 25,000 slaves were needed. They dug 32 wells and six tunnels. The lake was largely drained, but with the fall of the Roman Empire the tunnels were obstructed and the lake returned to its previous levels. Many centuries later, Alessandro Torlonia completed the work by finally draining Lake Fucino, building on the original project of

1333-475: The nearby town of Alba Fucens or from "Ave Jane", an invocation to the Roman god Janus . The presence of hunters dates back to the palaeolithic period about 18,000 to 14,000 years ago. There are several sites that bear witness to the presence of humans in prehistoric times , as in the Cave of Ciccio Felice located just south of Avezzano. Traces of necropoleis dating to 8-5th centuries BC have emerged along

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1376-670: The old city revolves around the Castello Orsini-Colonna ('' Orsini - Colonna Castle ''). To the east the territory extends to the villages of San Pelino and Paterno. It is situated between 695 meters s.l.m. in the urban sector and 740 meters in the north, the land of which is a slight uphill slope to the north-northwest. Neighbourhoods (alphabetical order): Barbazzano, Borgo Angizia, Borgo Pineta, Centro città, Cesolino, Chiusa Resta, Cupello, I Frati, La Pulcina, San Rocco, San Nicola, Sant'Andrea, Scalzagallo, Via Napoli. Because of its geographical location, situated as it

1419-600: The owner and servants. In the pars fructaria were cisterns and basins in which oil and wine were collected and grapes and olives were pressed. A head of Apollo with hair of the Apollo Belvedere type of the Vatican dates from the period following the Social War (91–87 BC) . The villa was enlarged over the centuries and enriched with private baths with hypocaust heating between the 2nd and 3rd century AD, with

1462-469: The scale of the devastation become clear. The government in Rome assumed local authorities had delayed reporting the facts, and it was rumored that they even tried to remove one mayor from office. However, when trying to serve him notice it became clear that he, together with most of his town's people, had died in the earthquake. Because of World War I the government decided not to accept foreign assistance, and

1505-479: The searchers ran out of space to dispose of the debris as it was too overwhelming in mass, forcing the workers to give up. As E.V. Robinson later described, the remaining "work of excavation seemed to go on in an unsystematic and half hearted way". Among those killed by the earthquake was Maria Gramegna , a promising young mathematician who had become a high school teacher in Avezzano. Initial reports did not mention serious damage, and not until later that night did

1548-460: The shaking was even felt in Rome . The town of Avezzano was toppled from the shaking and only one high-rise building survived. According to Robinson (1915), ninety-six percent of its population was eliminated almost simultaneously, the worst casualty zone. Several other settlements were demolished in the worst of the earthquake. This damage was attributed to the length of the shock, over 1 minute, and

1591-462: The soldiers, while with the other people, there was such a number of women and children. I feel quite at home with my work, but I am forgetting English in trying to understand the different dialects of the poor sufferers. Each province, almost each district has its own, it makes the service difficult. Fortunately we can go a long way with signs. The Kingdom of Italy established the Medal of Merit for

1634-520: The town of Avezzano on Mount Salviano . It has a rich variety of plants and different animal species that characterize its fauna and flora. At the center of the reserve is located the Sanctuary of the Madonna of Pietraquaria surrounded by numerous trails frequented by sportsmen and nature lovers. Many farms in the plain of Fucino are distinguished by the quality of the vegetables. Particularly popular

1677-472: The two protectors of Avezzano, the Virgin Mary and St. Bartholomew. The church inside presents three large naves and a valuable organ placed in the church in 1955. The original church was destroyed by Charles I of Anjou after the battle of Tagliacozzo in 1268 and rebuilt a few centuries later. In 1915, it did not suffer serious damage and was home to many survivors of the quake. 7 kilometers north of

1720-424: Was built in the 2nd century BC over an area of about 3,000 m belonging to the ager publicus of Alba Fucens. The farm was used by the settlers primarily for agricultural crops for the needs of the colony of Alba Fucens. The colony became a thriving and populous commercial centre and was connected to the surrounding area by a road paved with cobblestones. The entrance led into the atrium around which are rooms for

1763-411: Was expanded by Marcantonio Colonna and was later converted into a fortified palace. Avezzano once lay on the shores of the largest lake in peninsular Italy, Lake Fucino , which was drained in the late 19th century. After the draining of the lake, wide fields became available for cultivation and the area underwent terrific growth. It was completely destroyed by one of the worst recorded earthquakes in

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1806-631: Was liberated by elements of the New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Division) on 10 June 1944. The city is located north-west of the Fucino . It is dominated in the north by Mount Velino and west by Mount Salviano. Avezzano is considered "the city territory" of Marsica, Abruzzo sub-region that includes 37 municipalities, for a total of about 134,000 inhabitants. The city is located about 100 kilometers east of Rome , 110 km west of Pescara and 55 km south of L'Aquila . The urban center of

1849-526: Was the imperial representative in Italy. Ariulf's successes were brief: the exarch's forces retook the Roman fortifications and the city of Perugia , and cleared the roads for the time being. He then assisted Arechis I of Benevento in besieging Naples , another important city of Imperial Italy. He won a great victory at Camerino , where, according to Paul the Deacon , he claimed to have seen Saint Sabinus ,

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