translate English to German: L'Aquila is a city and comune of central Italy. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley of the Aterno river, and surrounded by the Apennine Mountains, with the Gran Sasso d'Italia to the north-east, it is both the capital of the Abruzzo region and the seat of the province of L'Aquila.
Ganz in der Nähe und leicht von L'Aquila aus zu erreichen, liegt das Gebirgsmassiv Gran Sasso, der höchste Gipfel der Apenninen und Sitz wichtiger Skiorte.