Giulianova - Italy

Giulianova (TE)

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Giulianova is divided into a core hilly, and in a coastal area.
The hilly area was founded in the fifteenth century by Giuliantonio Acquaviva who gave the name of Julia.
The city was designed in an urban original and rational, based on the current architectural renaissance, which aimed to achieve the ideal city.
The heart of this utopia was Buozzi square, with the Palazzo Ducale of Acquaviva, and the imposing dome of the Cathedral of St. Flavian.
But it is on the coast, which is truly born Giulianova.
We go down in the area of the Annunciation, south of the coast, where he developed the Roman colony of Castrum Novum, and where, at the intersection Belloccio, are the first remains were found.
Many specimens are preserved in the small archaeological museum located in the tower, said Bianca, the largest and best preserved of the towers of the walls, built by Giuliantonio Acquaviva.
In the area of the Annunciation is also the beautiful church of Santa Maria a Mare, the Italian national monument, built before the year one thousand and reworked in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
The portal has 18 panels of stone carved with symbolic imagery and fantasy.
The church, near the port was a hub of the troops embarked for the crusades to the Holy Land.
The processing of the coral has an ancient tradition, revived by today's young talented goldsmiths in their finest laboratories in the center.
Prestigious industry is craft accordions, age-old traditions, family Janni.
Must try, liquor 'Double Orange Orsini', created here in "800, to match with cakes and ice creams.
Sea and long beaches, attract thousands of tourists here each year, who can offer a high quality accommodation and leisure.