The prisoners of Avezzano concentration camp were engaged , in observance of the international directives established by the Geneva Convention , in a number of works such as removal of the rubble from the 1915 earthquake , co-operation to the reconstruction of the new city through the building of roads and public buildings , agricultural works in the Fucino fields left uncultivated , reclamation of rivers and streams , planting of the pinewood with the primary purpose of protecting the area from the frosty winds coming in winter from Mount Velino , afforestation of Mount Salviano and Mount Tino in Celano and extraordinary repairs to the municipal cemetery . There were also requests for help by the mountain municipalities of Marsica and the province on the occasion of natural disasters , such as the heavy winter snowfalls
1915 earthquake
1915 Avezzano earthquake
Avezzano concentration camp