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ATRI , a See also:

town of the Abruzzi, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Teramo, 6 m. W. of the station of that name on the railway from See also:Ancona to See also:Foggia, and 18 m. due E.S.E. of Teramo, on the site of the See also:ancient See also:Hadria (q.v.). Pop. (1901) 13,448. Its See also:Gothic See also:cathedral (1285–1305) is remarkably See also:fine; and the interior, though spoilt by restoration in 1657, contains some important frescoes of the end of the 15th See also:century by See also:Andrea di See also:Lecce and his pupils. The See also:crypt was originally a cistern of the See also:Roman See also:period. The See also:palace of the Acquaviva See also:family, who were See also:dukes of Atri from 1398 to 1775, is a massive See also:building situated in the See also:principal square.

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