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In this paper we illustrate the state of the art of the European Co-operation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research, COST Action 625 “3-D Monitoring of Active Tectonic Structures” in Italy. The project is mainly focused on detecting strain variations and/or any phenomena that may precede future seismic events, in order to evaluate the time evolution and modes of deformation of seismogenic structures during the inter-coseismic cycles. We selected two note seismic areas, (i) the Gargano promontory (southern Italy) and (ii) the Norcia basin (central Italy), for the installation of a monitoring equipment consisting of: (a) local networks of geodetic stations (benchmark for GPS and total station measurements with micrometric sensitivity) and (b) 3D monitoring devices (TM71; capable of recording micrometric displacements). In this paper we show the geo-structural analysis and detailed morphostructural studies …