L'Aquila is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill i
Piazza del Duomo with the L'Aquila Cathedral in the background
Fountain of the 99 Spouts.
Church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio.
Abruzzo, historically also known as Abruzzi, is a region of southern Italy. It has a population of nearly 1.3 million in an area of 10,831.84 square kilometres. It is divided into four provinces: L'Aq
L'Aquila
…L'Aquila ( LAK-wil-ə; Italian: ; Neapolitan: ) is the capital city of the region of Abruzzo in central Italy. With 70,421 inhabitants as of 2025, it is also the second-largest city in the region. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the…
Lower Paleolithic hand axes from Valle Giumentina at Caramanico Terme and Chieti in the Chieti Museum of Biomedical Sciences
The Roman site Amiternum, located 9 km (5.6 mi) from L'Aquila
The church of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L'Aquila, after the reconstruction in 2020
Warrior of Capestrano is the most famous example of Abruzzi Italic funerary sculpture (Museo Archeologico Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Chieti).