page_title: Avezzano
hierarchical_section_title: Avezzano
caption_attribution_description: English: Panoramic view of Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italy Italiano: Panoramica di Avezzano, Abruzzo, Italia
context_page_description: Avezzano is a city and comune with a population of about 42,500 inhabitants, situated in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila, Italy. It is the second most populous municipality in the province and the sixth in the region. Avezzano was documented as an existing urban center in the ninth century. The city was destroyed by the earthquake of 1915. It was rebuilt after the 1944 Allied bombing. The city was decorated with the silver medal for civil merit, an award granted by the Italian Republic.
  It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the Marsica area, with important high-tech industries and a large Telespazio satellite farm.
context_section_description: Avezzano ([avetˈtsaːno] or [avedˈdzaːno]; Marsicano: Avezzàne [avedˈdzɑːnə]) is a city and comune with a population of about 42,500 inhabitants, situated in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila, Italy. It is the second most populous municipality in the province and the sixth in the region. Avezzano was documented as an existing urban center in the ninth century. The city was destroyed by the earthquake of 1915.  It was rebuilt after the 1944 Allied bombing.  The city was decorated with the silver medal for civil merit,  an award granted by the Italian Republic.
  It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the Marsica area, with important high-tech industries and a large Telespazio satellite farm.
caption: View of Avezzano from mount Salviano
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