5 euro Centenary of the earthquake of Avezzano (1915 - 2015)

Obverse: the Church of St. Bartolomeo in Piazza del Risorgimento in Avezzano, rebuilt after the severe earthquake in 1915; in exergue, “AVEZZANO” and the name of the designer “COLANERI”; above, arch-shaped inscription “REPUBBLICA • ITALIANA”. Reverse: above, vintage view of the Marsica with the Fucino Lake and the town of Avezzano; in the centre, remains of the Church of San Bartolomeo destroyed by the earthquake of 1915; below, the image is bordered by a seismogram and the record of seismic waves; on the left, the value “5 EURO”; above, on the right, the letter “R” identifying the Mint of Rome; below “1915 2015”, i.e. the year of the anniversary and that of the coin’s issue respectively.