Monday, April 06, 2009

Earthquake In Italy Near My Great Grandfather's Hometown

Apparently, there has been an earthquake in Italy this morning. It's center was near the city of L'Aquila that's in the region of Abruzzo. Abruzzo is the region just south of the Marche where Angie and I lived in Ancona. The province of L'Aquila is where the city that my Great Grandfather came from, Pratola Peligna. I haven't heard anything about that specific city, but in other areas of the province there are at least twenty are dead as buildings fell. Here's a link to an article about the quake...
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/europe/07italy.html?ref=europe.

Here is a site about Pratola Peligna, my Great Grandfather's hometown...
http://abruzzo.indettaglio.it/eng/comuni/aq/pratolapeligna/pratolapeligna.html

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