AVEZZANO, a town in Italy, province of Aquila, 67m. E. of Rome by rail and 38m. S. of Aquila by road. Population (1931) 14,665 (town) ; 15,610 (commune). Its fine castle, built in 1490 by Gentile Virginio Orsini, was, with the rest of the town, much damaged by the disastrous earthquake of 1915, of which it was the epicentre. The Lago Fucino lies 1 gym. to the east.