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Abruzzo Dossier

A careful look at the region. Longer, reported work built from primary sources rather than press releases, one subject at a time, by people who live here.

New section · Launched June 2026
2 articles in this section
Ponte del Mare, Pescara, Rob Barke
Pescara
The Greater Pescara & The Budget Behind it
Why Pescara, Montesilvano and Spoltore are being merged on 1 January 2027, and why the regional government will not let the timetable slip!
Galleria delle Carte Geografiche, Vatican Museum
Pescara
From Mosquitoes to Modernism: How Pescara Was Built
How a malarial fishing village became Abruzzo's 4th provincial capital in 1927, and what the railways, quinine and a poet had to do with it
What the Dossier is

The Abruzzo Dossier is where we slow down.

Most of what you read about this region, here and everywhere else, is built to move quickly: where to eat, what to see, how to get there. That work matters, and we will keep doing it. But some stories need more room. They need primary sources, an afternoon in an archive, a walk along the riverbank, a conversation with someone who was there. They need to be built rather than posted.

That is what the Dossier is for. Each piece is a properly reported account of one thing: how a city was made, where the money goes, what the water actually contains, who decided and why. We start from documents and end up at the place itself, and we try to be honest about what we do not know.

This is not promotional writing, and it is not a brochure with footnotes. It is the region taken seriously, by people who live here and care how its story gets told. A new piece lands most weekends. Sit down with it when you have the time.

The Abruzzo Dossier · a weekend read
One long, properly reported piece to sit down with at the weekend. No filler.
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