Location: L'Aquila
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L'Aquila (Italian: [ˈlaːkwila] ( listen), meaning "The Eagle") is a city and comune in Southern Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. As of 2013, it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it is surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east.
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1. Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo - MUNDA
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5.0 based on 273 reviews
Reviewed By anthonybT8926ZJ
This museum is a treasure, with a large collection of art from the Middle Ages to modern times, in it's beautifully-displayed rooms. This structure is not the permanent housing for these hundreds of paintings, sculptures and jewelry, all of which were brought from the 16th-century Castle of L’Aquila that was heavily damaged in the 2009 earthquake. Few visitors were in this large, modern museum when we arrived. After my wife and I had spent 2 hours enjoying every piece we saw, a guide (Carmine Santorelli) came to us after seeing how interested we were and he led us on a guided tour. He explained the history and culture of the region and how the artwork differed from other locations and times; the breast-feeding Virgin Mary's; the hidden figures in many religious paintings that symbolized the distrust the artists (an others) felt for powerful religious figures of the times. His 40+ years of museum experience were truly evident in his passionate explanations of what we saw.
2. Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio e Porta Santa
3. Fontana delle 99 cannelle
4. Forte Spagnolo
5. Borgo di Assergi
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4.0 based on 23 reviews
6. Il Parco del Colonnello
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5.0 based on 28 reviews
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