Ortona
Sign in to saveOrtona (Abruzzese: ''''; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.
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Ortona is a coastal town located in the Chieti province of Italy's Abruzzo region, home to approximately 23,000 people. It is a municipality situated along the Italian coast in this central part of the country.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Ortona
- Italian comune.official_name
- Città di Ortona
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Ortona porto.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- A view of Ortona from the sea.
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Alboreto, Aquilano, Caldari, Colombo, Cucullo, Feudo, Fontegrande, Foro, Fossato, Gagliarda, Iurisci, Lazzaretto, Lido Riccio, Madonna delle Grazie, Ranchini, Riccio, Ripari Bardella, Rogatti, Ruscitti, San Donato, San Leonardo, San Marco, San Pietro, Santa Lucia, Savini, Tamarete, Vaccari, Villa Deo, Villa Grande, Villa Iubatti, Villa Pincione, Villa San Leonardo, Villa San Nicola, Villa San Tommaso, Villa Torre
- Italian comune.mayor
- Angelo Di Nardo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 70.88
- Italian comune.population_total
- 22209
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2023
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ortonesi
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- Twin towns and sister cities
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- Climate
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Ortona (Abruzzese: ''''; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.
In 1943, Ortona was the site of the bloody Battle of Ortona, known as "Western Stalingrad". A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle (Tommaso), whose relics were brought to Ortona in the 13th century by a sailor and are kept in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas.