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Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Abruzzo
- Province
- Province of Chieti (CH)
- Frazioni
- Aia dei Cordoni, Palena stazione
- Total
- 91 km (35 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 767 m (2,516 ft)
- Density
- 17/km (43/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Palenesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0872
- Patron saint
- San Falco
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Palena
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Chieti
- Population
- 1234
- Area
- 93.63
- Elevation
- 767
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Pescocostanzo
- Official website
- www.comunedipalena.it
- Image
- Monte Porrara, Palena.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0872
- Licence plate code
- CH
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- postal code
- 66017
- topic's main category
- Category:Palena, Abruzzo
- Commons category
- Palena (Italy)
- street address
- Ufficio Turistico, Via Gradoni, 2, 66017 Palena CH
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
- has certification
- Bandiera arancione
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Encyclopedic overview
Palena is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
It is the hometown of Pietro Como and Lucia Travaglini, the parents of Italian-American baritone Perry Como (1912–2001). There is a plaque commemorating Perry Como as well as the home of painter Oreste Recchione, who also lived in Palena.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.