Ortona (until the 1930s also known as Ortona a Mare, Urtónë in Abruzzo) is an Italian town in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo. The ancient history of the city dates back to the Frentani people, who used the commercial port as the main economic source of the territory. Roman city from the beginning of the third century BC up to the 5th century, it was occupied, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, first by the Goths, then by the Byzantines, by the Lombards and finally by the Normans who set it on fire (11th century).
Resurrected in the Swabian era, it returned to flourish economically. In 1258 the city permanently housed the relics of St. Thomas the Apostle in the Cathedral, becoming a point of reference in the religious field.
After various battles with the rival city of Lanciano, Ortona passed into the hands of Jacopo Caldora who rebuilt the walls. It was a city dear to Margaret of Austria, who had Palazzo Farnese built there (second half of the 16th century).
Ortona
Address: Via Cavour, 24
Phone: 085 90571
Site:
http://www.comuneortona.ch.it/Location inserted by
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