L Aquila

L'Aquila is a metropolis and comune in Southern Italy, both the capital metropolis of the Abruzzo place and of the Province of L'Aquila. As of 2013, it has a population of 70,967 population. Laid out inside medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, it's miles surrounded by means of the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east. L'Aquila sits upon a hillside within the center of a slim valley; tall snow-capped mountains of the Gran Sasso massif flank the metropolis.

A maze of slender streets, coated with Baroque and Renaissance homes and church buildings, open onto fashionable piazzas. Home to the University of L'Aquila, it's miles a lively college city and, as such, has many cultural establishments: a repertory theatre, a symphony orchestra, a great-arts academy, a state conservatory, a movie institute. There are numerous ski motels within the surrounding province. Close to the very best of the Apennine summits, L'Aquila is placed at an elevation of 721 metres within the Valley of the Aterno-Pescara, located between 4 mountain peaks above 2,000 metres.