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VASTO (anc. Histonium)

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 947 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VASTO (anc. Histonium) , a fortified See also:town of the Abruzzi, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Chieti, situated high on an See also:olive-clad slope, about a mile from the Adriatic, 32 M. See also:direct S.E: by E. of Chieti and 131 M. by See also:rail from See also:Ancona, 525 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (1901), 10,090 (town); 15,542 (See also:commune). It is surrounded by See also:medieval walls, and commands See also:fine views extending to the Tremiti Islands and See also:Monte See also:Gargano. The churches of S. Pietro and S. Giuseppe have See also:Gothic facades. There is a medieval See also:castle. The municipal buildings contain a collection of See also:Roman antiquities and See also:inscriptions. There are manufactures of earthenware, woollen See also:cloth and See also:silk; but the inhabitants are chiefly employed in the culture of the olive and in fishing. The See also:ancient Histonium was a town of the See also:Frentani, and an Oscan inscription of the See also:period of its See also:independence speaks of censors there, probably See also:officers of the whole community of the Frentani (see R.

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Conway, See also:Italian Dialects, i. 208, • See also:Cam-See also:bridge, 1897). Though hardly mentioned in See also:history, it was a flourishing municipal town under the Roman See also:Empire, as is shown by the numerous inscriptions found there. One of these mentions its Capitolium or See also:temple of See also:Jupiter, See also:Juno and See also:Minerva. It See also:lay on the See also:line of the ancient road which prolonged the Via See also:Flaminia to the S.E., and reached the See also:coast here after having passed through Anxanum' (See also:Lanciano). It was, and still is, subject to severe earthquakes. (T.

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