L'Aquila

n. capital city of Abruzzi in central Italy

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. Described as "the most handsome city of the Abruzzo" by the Financial Times, L'Aquila sits upon hillside in the middle of a narrow valley, tall snow-capped mountains of the Gran Sasso massif flank the town. A maze of narrow streets lined with baroque or renaissance buildings and churches, opening onto elegant piazzas, home to the University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila is a lively college town and as such has many cultural institutions: a repertory theater, a symphony orchestra, a fine-arts academy, a state conservatory, and a film institute.
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Noun
1. the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy
(synonym) Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi
(hypernym) city, metropolis, urban center
(part-holonym) Abruzzi, Abruzzi e Molise

n. capital city of the Italian region Abruzzi on the Pescara river

n. Aquila or L'Aquila, province and capital of Abruzzo

n. eagle, type of large predatory bird