Gabriele Rossetti Square

Gabriele Rossetti Square in Vasto dates back to the 12th century BC. in which the first Greek, Illyrian and Frentan populations settled in what would later become in 91 BC. the Roman Municipality of Histonium, an important fishing village and port of the Adriatic until its destruction by the Lombards in the Middle Ages.

Rebuilt as a stronghold during the Caldora Lordship, it was reborn in the Aragonese period with the D'Avalos family, elevating the center to the rank of a City in 1710 by concession of Philip V of Spain and experiencing a period of political, socio-economic and cultural growth with the proclamation of the Vastese Republic and the continuous artistic and literary production for which from the nineteenth century it was known as "Atene degli Abruzzi.