Saint Nicholas of Bari and the Sant'Angelo Cave
📅 Every year, on 6 December
Lettomanoppello celebrates Saint Nicholas of Bari on 6 December, in the church dedicated to him.
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Pescara is the smallest province in Abruzzo and the most densely populated, and its capital is the region's biggest city, which turns the local pattern on its head: elsewhere in Abruzzo there is far more land than there are people. Most of the province lies along the Val Pescara, the valley that runs down from the interior to the Adriatic. Its 46 municipalities are hemmed in by the provinces of Teramo to the north, Chieti to the south-east and L'Aquila to the south-west, with the sea to the north-east.
The city itself is best taken as a museum stop: the Museo delle genti d'Abruzzo, the Imago Museum, the Basilio Cascella civic museum and the Vittoria Colonna modern art gallery are all close together, as is San Cetteo cathedral. Montesilvano and Spoltore are the next largest towns after Pescara, and beyond them the names that keep coming up are Città Sant'Angelo, Loreto Aprutino and Penne.
Towns in the province of Pescara
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46 towns
Abbateggio Alanno Bolognano Brittoli Bussi sul Tirino Cappelle sul Tavo Caramanico Terme Carpineto della Nora Castiglione a Casauria Catignano Cepagatti Città Sant'Angelo Civitaquana Civitella Casanova Collecorvino Corvara Cugnoli Elice Farindola Lettomanoppello Loreto Aprutino Manoppello Montebello di Bertona Montesilvano Moscufo Nocciano Penne Pescara Capital Pescosansonesco Pianella Picciano Pietranico Popoli Roccamorice Rosciano Salle San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore Sant'Eufemia a Maiella Scafa Serramonacesca Spoltore Tocco da Casauria Torre de' Passeri Turrivalignani Vicoli Villa Celiera
The top 8 places in Pescara
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries basilica della Madonna dei sette dolori 📍 Pescara A historic sanctuary and minor basilica in Pescara, built around the site of a late 16th-century Marian apparition. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries cattedrale di San Cetteo 📍 Pescara Built in the 1930s with support from Gabriele D'Annunzio, Pescara Cathedral is the seat of the local archdiocese. 
3 🖼️ Museums Imago Museum 📍 Pescara Modern and contemporary art museum set in Pescara's 1933 rationalist former Banco di Napoli building. Pescara and around, on the map
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Feast of Saint Nicholas of Bari
📅 Every year, on 6 December
On 6 December Farindola celebrates its patron Saint Nicholas of Bari; the municipal territory preserves the Grotta dei Briganti.
Feast of Saint Anthony the Abbot
📅 Every year, on 17 January
On 17 January Bolognano celebrates its patron Saint Anthony the Abbot; on Monte Crocetta stands the Cappella dell'Iconicella, a devotional destination every Friday of March and on 18, 19 and 20 September.
Patronal Feast of Saint Emygdius and Saint Blaise
📅 Every year, from 2 to 4 February
From 2 to 4 February Castiglione a Casauria celebrates the patronal feast of Saint Emygdius the bishop and Saint Blaise; on 14 September the Madonna della Croce is celebrated.