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Trabocchi: Pescara - Ortona - Vasto
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-The Coast of Trabocchi
Trabocchi, i.e. fishing huts built on piles, are
fishing machines on the seashore. They stretch
out above the rocks through a walkway or thanks
to a fishing net hooked onto long outrigger arms
so that you can get to spots where the sea is
deeper and more abounding in fish even without
using a boat. In trabocchi on rocks and quays
you can find a hut built on piles: it is a shelter
for the fisherman waiting to haul in the nets;
it is also a closet for storing tools or it is
used as a protection for the winch pulling the
ropes. Throughout the ages many families earned
their livelihood from fishing through trabocchi;
indeed, the haul was eaten by families but it
was also exchanged with other foodstuffs or it
was sold on the trabocco itself or in stalls by
the roadside. |
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You can see Trabocchi in several areas of the Adriatic coast.
In Abruzzo they are especially on the coast
of Chieti, in the stretch of sea from Punta
Acquabella, in Ortona, to Vasto. Here you
will find above all trabocchi on the rocks
whereas in San Vito, Vasto, Pescara and
Giulianova Ports you can see the typical
trabocchi on the quay too. Finally you can
find trabocchi on the river along the river
Pescara and at the mouth of the river Sangro.
Trabocchi are part of the Abruzzo landscape
since they are usual structures along the
coast and because they originate just from
that kind of environment and its elements:
from the acacia wood (acacia trees grow
behind the beaches) to the trees fallen
down on the riverside, from boards to other
pieces of wreckage given back by the sea
after storms. |
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(Traboccchi)
Ortona, 0 mt |
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Built on roks, on quays or on the riversides, similar to
a continuation of the ground in the sea,
trabocchi are the result of a natural architecture
with no ornamental elements. Each board,
rope and nail - who knows where they can
have been found out!- has got its own role,
its own reason for being where it is. Trabocchi
are very ancient and short-lived at the
same time, each one is different from the
others but all change constantly because
of the continuous repairings they need to
survive.
In the last two centuries they attracted
travellers and poets. Their look charms
still today thanks to that weaving of beams
and ropes so fragile and light seemingly,
in fact so flexible and resistant to the
most fearful sea storms.
In the last few years almost every trabocco
has been rebuilt. They have no more their
previous economic function: they were the
main source of livelihood for many families.
Today fishing from trabocchi is above all
a Sunday hobby rather than an economic "business"... In addition on trabocchi you can
taste the typical Abruzzo dishes.
SAILING AROUND PESCARA
Discover Abruzzo's coast by sailing boat. We organize mini tour (1 day).
For more info contact us to:
francesca@hotelbellariva.it
mobile +393204558964
www.hotelbellariva.it
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