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- Colonna, Vittoria, marchesa di Pescara
Colonna, Vittoria, marchesa di Pescara, 1492–1547, Italian poet; daughter of Fabrizio Colonna. Her love for her husband, Ferrante d'Avalos, is the subject of part of her lamenting verse. After...
- Pescara, Ferdinando Francesco d'Avalos, marchese di
Pescara, Ferdinando Francesco d'Avalos, marchese di, 1490?–1525, Spanish-Neapolitan general in the Italian Wars. He served Charles V, Holy Roman emperor and king of Spain, and was chiefly resp...
- L'Aquila
L'Aquila or L'Aquila degli Abruzzi, city (1991 pop. 66,813), capital of L'Aquila prov. and of Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Pescara River. It is an agricultural and industrial center, and a s...
- Chieti
Chieti, city (1991 pop. 55,876), capital of Chieti prov., Abruzzi region, central Italy, on the Pescara River, near the Adriatic Sea. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures inc...
- Abruzzi
Abruzzi, region (1991 pop. 1,249,054), 4,167 sq mi (10,793 sq km), central Italy, bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east. L'Aquila is the capital of the region, which is divided into Chieti...
- D'Annunzio, Gabriele
D'Annunzio, Gabriele 1863–1938, Italian poet, novelist, dramatist and soldier, b. Pescara. He went to Rome in 1881 and there began his literary career. The richly sensuous imagery of even his ...
- Roman roads
Roman roads, ancient system of highways linking Rome with its provinces. Their primary purpose was military, but they also were of great commercial importance and brought the distant provinces...
- Sforza
Sforza, Italian family that ruled the duchy of Milan from 1450 to 1535. Rising from peasant origins, the Sforzas became condottieri and used this military position to become rulers in Milan. T...
