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.

[4] 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.

[10] D'Annunzio as a setting also a part of his novel Il trionfo della morte (1894), in which the protagonist Giorgio Aurispa arrives in the small village sanvitese with her lover Hippolyta.

Back from disappointment in the country of Guardiagrele of the discovery of financial ruin of his noble family, Giorgio seeking rest in the sea, and studies the Thus Spake Zarathustra of Nietzsche, learning the philosophy of Superman.

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.

The Trabocchi coast has witnessed large scale popular mobilization starting in 2007 aimed at preventing the mining and refining of heavy sour crude in the area.

Local residents, led by American-born Dr. Maria Rita D'Orsogna, a scientist who grew up in Abruzzo, expressed strong opposition to the project.

However, throughout 2007-2016 other domestic and international oil and gas companies had submitted separate projects for hydrocarbon exploitation along the Trabocchi coast, both onshore and offshore.

[15] D'Orsogna coordinated letter writing campaigns, held public debates with the oil companies, wrote a manifesto against Ombrina Mare on the independent newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano,[16] and obtained support from the Catholic Church.

[17] Rochkopper Exploration argued that the new limits on drilling caused unfair reductions on their potential future profits, and sued the Italian government in 2017 through an arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.