In Francavilla's "Conventino" at the close of the nineteenth century, painter Francesco Paolo Michetti gathered the salon that made Abruzzo a national artistic case: D'Annunzio wrote pages of "Il Piacere" here, Tosti composed, Barbella sculpted. The Michetti Prize, since 1947, keeps that flame of art alight. The old town was destroyed by war in 1943-44: what you see is a modern seaside rebirth.
Today Francavilla is the elegant tail of the Pescara riviera: sandy beaches, a cycling seafront and the Trabocchi Coast beginning just south. Art and beach umbrella, without contradiction.
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📅 Every year, on 18 August, with the festive programme starting on the 15th
Francavilla al Mare celebrates Saint Franco the Hermit, a Basilian monk who lived between the 10th and 11th centuries, on 18 August, with a festive programme starting as early as the 15th, the feast of Ferragosto.
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Outside Francavilla al Mare, but an easy day trip away.
