Place details
Place nameAbruzzi
Other namesAbruzzo, Abrutium, Apruntum, Abruzzese
CountryItalia
Latitude42.25
Longitude13.75
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Region in central Italy, the most mountainous in the Italian Apennines; populated since Paleolithic times; Roman from 304 BC; part of Lombard duchy of Spoleto 6th-11th cen. AD; part of kingdom of Naples 1266-1860.