Pescara: second project meeting in Italy - Visits

Comenius Multilateral project "HiP"  

(History in the Present)

Pescara report (11-15^th March 2013) (II)

By Ms. Rossella Cianci

Wednesday, 13 March

Our meeting point was Pescara Terminal Bus where we got on a private coach which led us to Ortona, la Costa dei Trabocchi, the Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere and Lanciano.

The first stop was Ortona where we saw the Aragonese Castle, the Church of Santa Lucia and the Cathedral of San Tommaso. During our walking through Ortona we entered the Museo della Battaglia, a museum about the terrible days of World War II which saw Ortona involved in a bloody battle since it was one of the strategic cities lying on one of the major front lines. Students were struck after the speech made by a lady who told us of the sufferings the civilians had to bear. The museum is full of photographs, weapons, writings, documents which date back to those days.

Our next stop was San Giovanni in Venere, but while driving there we had the chance to admire the stunning coastline with its sandy and rocky beaches and with 'trabocchi', a sort of piles where fisherman used to  and still fish nowadays.

Once arrived at the Abbey, we visited it and explained something about its history and architecture and also saw the amazing view below it, since it is located on top of a hill. We stopped for lunch there and after eating we left for Lanciano. There we visited The Cathedral, Santa Maria del Ponte, Santa Maria Maggiore, the church of San Francesco, Montanare towers.  Unfortunately it began to rain even if  not a heavy one, luckily!

At 18:30 we go back to Pescara.

Thursday, 14 March

We visited the Town Hall and the building of the Province of Pescara with the famous painting The Daughter of Iorio  by Francesco Paolo Michetti.

Then we had a walk in Pescara Vecchia, the oldest part of the city, where you can find Gabriele D'Annunzio's home and  the anthropological museum Museo delle Genti d'Abruzzo, housed in the old Borbonic jail . We went also to the 'bridge of the sea' near the harbour.

In the evening teachers and students met for a farewell pizza party, since the following day the French and Turkish delegations would leave Pescara.....

Here you have a video made with the pictures we took during the visits we organized: HIP 1: Activities in Italy
Another video: HIP 2: Activities in Italy