Trabocchi Coast
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The Trabocchi Coast, which corresponds to the coastal stretch Adriatic of province of Chieti (Abruzzo), is a 70-kilometer coast[1] from Ortona to San Salvo, in Italy. It comprises a number of coves and reefs below the hills that end at the Adriatic Sea marked by the spread of Trabucco – fishing machines on piles. Many of the towns on the Coast maintain their own characteristics and traditions.[2][3]
Municipalities
The municipalities that compose it are part of the province of Chieti and are as follows:
- Francavilla al Mare
- Ortona
- San Vito Chietino
- Rocca San Giovanni
- Fossacesia
- Torino di Sangro
- Casalbordino
- Vasto
- San Salvo
Geography
The coastal strip begins in the north at the mouth of the Foro river (between the municipalities of Francavilla al Mare and Ortona) and ends in the south at the mouth of the Trigno river. It is varied in appearance, with stretches of low and sandy beach (as in Francavilla, Ortona, Casalbordino, Vasto and San Salvo) and areas of shingle beach in Fossacesia and Torino di Sangro, as well as high and rocky sections in San Vito Chietino and Rocca San Giovanni and stretches of pebbles, often separated by cliffs; the presence of the trabocchi on the coast, however, also continues towards the south, along the entire Molise coast up to the Gargano.
The coast winds through hills and valleys that end on the sea, creating natural environments of various kinds. The urbanization that characterizes the Adriatic coast from Rimini to Ortona is not as much in evidence here, even if building speculation and "francavillizzazione” (the construction of buildings close to the coastline that limit access and visibility of the sea, as happened in Francavilla al Mare) threaten the integrity of the natural environment.[4]
Economy
The region has a strong economic induction thanks to tourism, very present thanks to the exceptional landscape of the coast that has remained in the imagination of many foreigners as a symbol of Italy.[5][6]
Cycle track
Along the Trabocchi coast there are plans for an
Beaches
- Lido Riccio (Ortona)
- Punta Ripari di Giobbe (Ortona)
- Lido Saraceni (Ortona)
- Punta Acquabella (Ortona)
- Punta Mucchiola (San Vito)
- Molo di San Vito Marina
- Calata Turchino (San Vito)
- Punta del Guardiano (San Vito)
- Valle Grotte (San Vito)
- Punta Cavalluccio (Rocca San Giovanni)
- Costa di Fossacesia
- Golfo di Venere (Fossacesia)
- Le Morge (Torino di Sangro)
- Punta Penna (Casalbordino -Vasto)
- Punta Aderci (Vasto)
- Punta Vignola (Vasto)
- Lido di San Salvo Marina
Trabocchi
Many trabocchi of the coast have been converted into restaurants.[8]
- Trabocco Fosso Canale
- Trabocco Punta Tufano
- Trabocco San Gregorio
- Trabocco Turchino
- Trabocco Valle Grotte
- Trabocco Sasso della Cajana
- Trabocco Punta Isolata
- Trabocco Punta Cavalluccio
- Trabocco Pesce Palombo
- Trabocco Punta Punciosa
- Trabocco Punta Rocciosa
- Trabocco Le Morge
- Trabocco di Casalbordino
- Trabocco di Punta Penna
- Trabocco di Vasto Marina
- Trabocco Zi' Nicola di San Salvo
San Vito and D’Annunzio
... a small rural house consists of two rooms on the first floor of a small room on the ground floor and a porch; and, next, a large vegetable garden of orange and other fruit trees, and under the sea cliffs, endless views of coastline and sea mounts, and above all, a great freedom, as a retreat of holy hermits .. .
— (Gabriele d'Annunzio, in a letter to Barbara Leoni)
The seaside town of
D'Annunzio as a setting also a part of his novel
Today on the promontory restaurants have sprung up dedicated to the poet Pescara, and also a public park with a gazebo, where is buried the mistress of d'Annunzio: Barbara Leoni.[11]
Documentation
Between 2011 and 2012 the director Anna Cavasinni made a documentary lasting 58 minutes on the coast teatina relative to overflow. The documentary is titled precisely "The Trabocchi Coast" and is released on DVD. In these months being shown in major centers in the Abruzzo coast and the screening is followed by a debate with the public and with the authorities. The documentary is part of a project documentation and memory enhancement Abruzzo that the Cultural Association Territories-Link is conducting a long time.
Current events
Since 2007 is an ongoing harsh mobilization of the population on the coast and in the Abruzzi,
aimed at preventing the construction of mining and Oil processing in the territory.
The first plant that has aroused the concern of the people was the so-called middle oils, or a large plant (127,000 m2) dehydrosulphurization of crude oil, designed by Eni. The affected area is to Feudo, in the heart of wine production of Abruzzo. The fears of the population regarding the impact on health of exposure to hydrogen sulfide, the destruction of the flourishing agricultural economy and the negative effects on tourism. The plant is expected to arise in fact very close to the coast of the Trabocchi.
Recently, the regional law n. 14 of 2009, suspended the construction of the center, but many companies have submitted projects for the construction of offshore platforms for the extraction and processing of oil, is not affected by this law.[12]
As published May 6, 2010, from the website www.diebucke.it, April 18 took place in San Vito a demonstration against the petrolizzazione Abruzzo coast that has gathered about 5000 participants. Also according to the article by Francesco Amoroso, "The people of Abruzzo are engaging pressuring local politicians by sending them letters and e-mail (addresses are easily available on the Internet) trying to compensate for the pressure on the other side shall be held by Eni and Mog."
See also
References
- ^ "Trabocchi Coast, Itinerary in Abruzzo, Italy". www.summerinitaly.com.
- ^ "The Trabocco Coast - Costa Dei Trabocchi, Chieti Province, Abruzzo, Italy". abruzzoholidayinformation.com.
- ^ "La Storia dei trabocchi". Parco Costa dei Trabocchi (in Italian).
- ^ "Litoranea Postilli-Riccio, il Wwf critica la "francavillizzazione" di Ortona". ChietiToday (in Italian).
- ^ "Discover Abruzzo". Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Guide to Nautical Tourism in Abruzzo". Issuu.
- ^ ""La Costa dei Trabocchi", meraviglia d'Abruzzo". Touring Club Italiano.
- ^ "DINING PIEDS DANS L'EAU ALONG THE TRABOCCHI COAST". July 13, 2012.
- ^ "Trabocco Turchino". Parco Costa dei Trabocchi (in Italian). 25 May 2018.
- ^ "San Vito Chietino - Spiagge". www.sanvitochietino.info (in Italian).
- ^ "Cop26. L'accordo di Glasgow è inadeguato a fronteggiare la crisi climatica soprattutto per le comunità più vulnerabili dei paesi poveri • Legambiente". Legambiente (in Italian). 14 November 2021.
- ^ "La Via Verde della Costa dei Trabocchi - pista ciclopedonale" (in Italian). Official website.
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