L’Aquila
Province of L'Aquila is the mountainous, less densely populated western half of the Abruzzo region of Italy. The province is known for its many castles, fortresses and pristine medieval hill towns, and is popular with domestic visitors.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include L’Aquila and Avezzano.
L’Aquila
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L'Aquila is the capital of the province of the same name in the region of Abruzzo in Italy and is located in the northern part of the province. It is a small, pleasant city that is surrounded by high mountains.
Avezzano
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Avezzano is a city in Abruzzo. Avezzano is an excellent starting point to reach the numerous mountain locations of Marsica.
Sulmona
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Sulmona is a secluded and somewhat overlooked small city in Abruzzo. Surrounded by imposing mountains at about four hundred metres above sea level, it doesn't feel like it has 25,000 inhabitants.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Pacentro and Scanno.
Pacentro
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Pacentro is a town of 1,000 people the Maiella national park in Italy. It is member of "the most beautiful villages in Italy".
Scanno
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Scanno is a town and district in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. The town is bordered by Anversa degli Abruzzi, Barrea, Bisegna, Bugnara, Civitella Alfedena, Introdacqua, Opi, Pescasseroli, Pettorano sul Gizio, Rivisondoli, Rocca Pia, Villalago and Villetta Barrea.
Santo Stefano di Sessanio
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Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a village with a preserved medieval character in L'Áquila Province in Abruzzo.
Introdacqua
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Introdacqua is a town in the Italian Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region. Notable structures include the city's castle dating from the 1200s, as well as the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore.
Bugnara
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Bugnara is a small mountain village in the Abruzzo region. The village is perched on the side of the mountain 'Colle Rotondo' and has a picturesque medieval centre.
Opi
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Opi is a medieval village of 420 people in Abruzzo in the protected area of the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park. It is part of the "Most Beautiful Villages in Italy".
Bominaco
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Bominaco is the sole frazione of Caporciano in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.
L’Aquila
- Type: province of Italy with 299,000 residents
- Description: province of Italy
- Also known as: “Aquila province”, “L’Aquila province”, “Province of L’Aquila”, “Provincia dell‘ Aquila”, “provincia dell’Aquila”, and “provincia di Aquila”
- Historically known as: “Aquila”
- Neighbors: Chieti, Frosinone, Metropolitan Rome, Pescara, Rieti, and Teramo
- Location: Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“L’Aquila” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Provinca e Akuilës”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة لاكويلا”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة لَكويلا”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة لكويلة”
- Arabic: “مقاطعة لَكوِيلة”
- Aragonese: “Provincia de L’Aquila”
- Armenian: “Լ’Աքվիլա”
- Asturian: “L’Aquila”
- Asturian: “provincia de L’Aquila”
- Asturian: “Provincia de L’Aquila”
- Azerbaijani: “Akvila əyaləti”
- Basque: “L’Aquilako probintzia”
- Bavarian: “Provinz L’Aquila”
- Belarusian: “Л’Акуіла (правінцыя)”
- Belarusian: “Л’Акуіла”
- Belarusian: “правінцыя Л’Акуіла”
- Bengali: “এল’আকুইলার প্রদেশ”
- Breton: “proviñs L’Aquila”
- Breton: “Proviñs L’Aquila”
- Bulgarian: “Акуила”
- Bulgarian: “Л’Акуила”
- Catalan: “Província de L’Aquila”
- Cebuano: “L’Aquila”
- Central Bikol: “Provincia nin L’Aquila”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای لاکویلا”
- Chinese: “L’Aquila Séng”
- Chinese: “拉圭拉省”
- Chinese: “拉奎拉省”
- Chinese: “阿奎拉省”
- Czech: “Provincie L’Aquila”
- Danish: “L’Aquila”
- Dutch: “L’Aquila”
- Esperanto: “provinco La-Aglo”
- Esperanto: “Provinco La-Aglo”
- Estonian: “L’Aquila provints”
- Finnish: “L’Aquilan maakunta”
- French: “province de L’Aquila”
- French: “Province de L’Aquila”
- Galician: “Provincia de L’Aquila”
- Georgian: “ლ’აკვილის პროვინცია”
- German: “Provinz L’Aquila”
- Greek: “Επαρχία της Ακουίλα”
- Greek: “Επαρχία της Λ’Άκουιλα”
- Gujarati: “લ ‘એક્વિલા પ્રાંત”
- Hebrew: “ל’אקווילה”
- Hindi: “लकीला प्रांत”
- Hungarian: “L’Aquila megye”
- Indonesian: “Provinsi L’Aquila”
- Interlingua: “L’Aquila”
- Interlingua: “Provincia de L’Aquila”
- Irish: “Cúige L’Aquila”
- Italian: “Aquilano”
- Italian: “L’Aquila”
- Italian: “provincia dell’Aquila”
- Italian: “Provincia dell’Aquila”
- Italian: “Provincia di Aquila”
- Japanese: “ラクイラ県”
- Javanese: “Provinsi L’Aquila”
- Kannada: “ಎಲ್ ಅಕ್ವಿಲಾ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
- Korean: “라퀼라도”
- Ladin: “Provinzia de L’Aquila”
- Ladino: “Provinsia de l’Aquila”
- Latin: “Provincia Aquilana”
- Latvian: “L’Akvilas province”
- Ligurian: “provinsa de L’Àgogia”
- Ligurian: “Provinsa de L’Àgogia”
- Lithuanian: “Akvilos provincija”
- Lombard: “Pruvincia de L’Aquila”
- Luxembourgish: “L’Aquila”
- Macedonian: “Л’Аквила”
- Malay: “Wilayah L’Aquila”
- Marathi: “ल अकवेलचे प्रांत”
- Mazanderani: “ورسلی اوستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “L’Aquila Séng”
- Mingrelian: “ლ’აკვილაშ პროვინცია”
- Neapolitan: “Pruvincia ‘e L’Aquila”
- Neapolitan: “Pruvincia ’e L’Aquila”
- Northern Frisian: “L’Aquila (Prowins)”
- Northern Frisian: “L’Aquila”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Provinsen L’Aquila”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Provinsen L’Aquila”
- Norwegian: “L’Aquila”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Província de l’Aquila”
- Ossetian: “Л’Акуилæ”
- Ossetian: “Л’Акуилæйы провинци”
- Persian: “استان لاکویلا”
- Piemontese: “Provincia dl’Àquila”
- Polish: “Prowincja L’Aquila”
- Portuguese: “Áquila”
- Romanian: “Provincia L’Aquila”
- Russian: “Л’Акуила”
- Scots: “Province o L’Aquila”
- Serbian: “Л’Аквила (округ)”
- Serbian: “Л’Аквила”
- Serbo-Croatian: “L’Aquila”
- Sicilian: “Pruvincia di L’Aquila”
- Sinhala: “එල් අකිලා පළාත”
- Slovenian: “Pokrajina L’Aquila”
- Slovenian: “provincia dell’Aquila”
- South Azerbaijani: “لاکویلا اوستانی”
- Spanish: “L’Aquila”
- Spanish: “Provincia de L’Aquila”
- Swedish: “L’Aquila”
- Tagalog: “L’Aquila”
- Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng L’Aquila”
- Tamil: “ல ‘அகுய்ல மாகாணம்”
- Telugu: “లాఅకీలా ప్రావిన్స్”
- Telugu: “లాఅకీలా రాష్ట్రభాగం”
- Thai: “จังหวัดลากวีลา”
- Turkish: “L’Aquila ili”
- Turkish: “L’Aquila”
- Ukrainian: “Л’Аквіла (провінція)”
- Ukrainian: “Л’Аквіла”
- Urdu: “صوبہ لاکویلا”
- Uzbek: “L’Aquila”
- Venetian: “Provincia de L’Àcuiła”
- Venetian: “Provincia de Ł’Aquiła”
- Vietnamese: “L’Aquila”
- Vietnamese: “Tỉnh L’Aquila”
- Waray (Philippines): “L’Aquila”
- Welsh: “Talaith L’Aquila”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع لاکویلا”
- Wu Chinese: “拉奎拉省”
- Yue Chinese: “拉圭拉省”
- “L’Aquila”
- “ma lili Lakuwila”
- “Provinge de L’Aquila”
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