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The Province of Teramo occupies the northern part of the region of Abruzzo, and is distinctly different from the other provinces in Abruzzo, mostly because of its rich history. The pre-Roman populations that inhabited the area that is now Teramo were called the Pretuzi and Liburni people. The Greek historian, geographer and philosopher Strabo recorded information about this area being part of Piceno (now Ascoli-Piceno to the north), and about the development of the towns of Castrum Novum (now Giulianova), Hatria (Atri) and Teramo itself. Teramo became a jurisdictional seat of the Roman empire after 289 BC, but was ceded to the Exarch of Ravenna when the Roman empire fell, which brought it closer to the Byzantine world. It later became the northern front of the Kingdom of Naples where the Bourbons built many strongholds like Civitella del Tronto, the last of the forts to fall to the conquering French forces of Savoy (1861). The capital and most populous city in the province is also called Teramo, at the center of which is a majestic Cathedral dedicated to St. Berard. In the town of Atri there is an extraordinary Roman Catholic cathedral and a grand theatre, as well as many other impressive relics left behind by the Counts of Acquaviva. Teramo province is also home to many churches in isolated areas, which were started as monasteries, such as San Giovanni al Mavone, San Clemente al Volmano, Santa Maria di Ronzano, and Santa Maria di Propezzano. Many hilltop towns dot the countryside, no longer useful as lookouts and guardians of the valleys below them, but beautiful just the same. The Province of Teramo has a beautifully drastic landscape, bordered by the Adriatic sea on the east with its "seven sister" beaches of fine white sand, and by the Apennine Mountains on the west, with the valleys of the rivers Tronto, Vibrata, Salinello, Tordino, Piomba, Finohills and Vomano running latitudinally from the mountains down to the coast. With the peak of the Gran Sasso (Corno Grande) rising to the west of Teramo at 2912 meters a.s.l., and the peak of Monti della Laga on the northern border, the province boasts two of the most important ridges in the entire Apennine range as well as the southernmost glacier in Continental Europe, the Calderone . While the Gran Sasso area is rugged, the Monti della Laga are characterised by thick forests, shallow gorges, rolling slopes and valleys, and several spectacular waterfalls. Many of the roads running through the province, as well as the rest of Abruzzo, follow routes once used by sheepherders in their transumanza journeys from mountains to the Adriatic coast and back each year. Nowadays, Teramo is well-connected to Rome by a good motorway that passes below the Gran Sasso through a 10km tunnel, making the trip less than two hours long by car. The seven sister beaches are at Martinsicuro, Alba Adriatica, Tortoreto, Giulianova, Roseto degli Abruzzi, Pineto and Silvi Marina. Main tourist attractions include:
Of interest to descendants of Italian emigrants looking for family history, the province of Teramo previously included the villages of Brittoli, Cappelle sul Tavo, Carpineto della Nora, Catignano, Cepagatti, Città Sant'Angelo, Civitaquana, Civitella Casanova, Collecorvino, Corvara, Cugnoli, Elice, Farindola, Loreto Aprutino, Montebello di Bertona, Montesilvano, Moscufo, Nocciano, Penne, Pianella, Picciano, Pietranico, Rosciano, Scafa, Spoltore, Vicoli, Villa Celiera (all reallocated to the province of Pescara in 1927). These are the towns and villages that are now part of the province of Teramo: Towns with over 5000 inhabitants:
List of every town in the Province of Teramo:
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