Teramo (It. Provincia di Teramo) is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Teramo. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Abruzzo, (also known as Abruzzi, an older obsolete plural denomination) is a region of southern Italy, formerly a part of the Abruzzi e Molise region (with Molise). ... Teramo is a town in the central Italian region of Abruzzo, 42°39N 13°42E, at 432 m (1417 ft) above sea-level, with 51,000 inhabitants as of the 2003 census. ...
It has an area of 1,948 sq km, and a total population of 287,411 (2001). There are 47 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link).
The Province of Teramo shares its northern border with the Province of Ascoli Piceno in the Marche Region, southern and southwestern borders with the Province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo Region, and a western border with the Province of Rieti in the Region of Lazio.
To the south is the AbruzzoProvince of Pescara and to the east is the Adriatic Sea.
The port of Giulianova is the maritime terminal of the Province of Teramo.
Cooking: typical dishes of the province of Teramo are: le Virtù, le Scrippelle 'mbusse, il Timballo, le Mazzarele, il Tacchino alla canzanese, la Porchetta italica and a special soup with chick-peas, mushrooms and chestnuts.
During the 14th century, Teramo was ruled by Francesco Sforza and followed the destiny of the Naples Reign, the border territory and the last north-east bulwark of the Reign.
During the period of the italian UNITY the province was involved in a long and difficult assault to the Fortress of Civitella del Tronto by enemy flocks of the Piedmont.
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