Articles on History

General History Articles

• History and meaning of the Italian Tricolor flag
• The Alpini Corps
• Earthquakes in the history of Aquila
• Transhumance and the Law
• Una Breve Historia de los Abruzos
• The rise of the notary's role since antiquity
• The value of money in past centuries

The 21st Century

• Everything will not be all right, an eco-socialist evaluation of the CoVID-19 pandemic
• Images of the Perdonanza, L'Aquila, August 2009
• La Bandiera della FIAA e dell’Abruzzo sulle vette d’Africa
• Abruzzo Tours Travellers' Reportages

The 20th Century

• Memories of Pescara
• The snowfall of 1956
• A veteran's memories of the battle of Ortona
• The Freedom Trail
• The Heroes of Fosse Ardeatine
• Trovare l'America
• Italian migrations exhibition in Rome
• Abruzzo Ulteriore II at the beginning of the 20th century
• Abruzzo Ulteriore I at the beginning of the 20th century
• Avezzano earthquake, 13 January 1915
• Avezzano 1915 - Security Exit by Ignazio Silone
• Abruzzo Citeriore in the early 20th century

The 19th Century

• Emigration: the killer ships
• The Prehistory of Emigration
• Brigandage after 1860
• Book by Pasquale Casale on brigandage
• How many were Garibaldi's Thousand?
• Weather in the early 19th century

The 16th, 17th, 18th Centuries

• The Massacre of Guardiagrele, 25 February 1799
• 1742: Onciari in Naples
• The Catasto Onciario
• The earthquake of Aquila, 1703
• Year of the plague 1657
• Pescocostanzo 1538 Notary Act about Miracles of the Virgin
• Migration of Albanians to Italy in the centuries
• Migrations from the Balkans into Abruzzo - Molise

The Middle Ages

• Giorgio Castriota Skanderbeg (Skenderbeg)
• Braccio Fortebraccio da Montone
• The earthquake of Aquila, 1461
• Roccascalegna: History and Legend
• Surnames in 1447 - alphabetical list
• Valle del Sangro year 1447 - list by place
• Names of towns and villages in the 13th century
• The foundation of Aquila, the city and the contado (=county)
• The Three Abruzzi
• The Norman Administrative Revolution

Ancient History

• The name Italia was born here
• English synopses of Del Villano - Di Tillio's "Abruzzo nel Tempo" Book Review | Chapter I | Chapter II | Chapter III | Chapter IV | Index of Contents
• English Translations of Enrico Abbate's "Guida d'Abruzzo": Chapter I - Prehistoric Man in Abruzzo | Chapter II - The First Inhabitants of Abruzzo | Chapter III - Abruzzo Peoples | Adriani, Praetutii and Palmensi | Paeligni | Sabines | Vestini | Chapter IX - Character and customs of the inhabitants of Abruzzi