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ORTONA A MARE

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MARE , a small seaport and episcopal see of the Abruzzi, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Chieti, 12 M. See also:direct E. of that See also:town and 105 M. by See also:rail S.S.E. of See also:Ancona. Pop. (19o1) 8667 (town); 15,523 (See also:commune). It is situated on a promontory 230 ft. above See also:sea-level, and connected with the See also:port below by a See also:wire-rope railway. From the ruined See also:castle magnificent views to the See also:south as far as the Punta di Penna can be obtained.-See also:ORVIETO The See also:cathedral has been restored at various times, but preserves a See also:fine portal of 1312 by a See also:local artist, Nicolo See also:Mancini. At one See also:side of it is the Palazzo de Pirris with five pointed windows. The town occupies the site of the See also:ancient Ortona, a seaport of the See also:Frentani; it See also:lay on the See also:Roman See also:coast-road, which here turned inland to Anxanum (See also:Lanciano), ro m. to the S. The town suffered much from the ravages of the See also:Turks, who laid it in ruins in 1566, and also from frequent earthquakes. For discoveries in the neighbourhood see A. de Nino in Notizie degli Scavi (1888), 646. (T.

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