Nereto

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Nereto
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Nereto (Italy)
Nereto
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Teramo  (TE)
Coordinates 42 ° 49 '  N , 13 ° 49'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 49 '12 "  N , 13 ° 49' 1"  E
height 163  m slm
surface 7.01 km²
Residents 5,399 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 770 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 64015
prefix 0861
ISTAT number 067031
Popular name Neretesi
Patron saint Martin of Tours (November 11th)
Website Nereto
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Nereto is an Italian commune ( comune ) with 5399 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Teramo in Abruzzo . The municipality is located about 20 kilometers north-northeast of Teramo and about 19 kilometers east-southeast of Ascoli Piceno .

history

It is sometimes assumed that the place name is of Greek origin. There is no evidence for this. A church was built here around 1000 AD.

After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime set up an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Nereto . It was located in the center of the village and consisted of two private houses, Casa Santoni and Casa Lupini, as well as an agricultural building. Only men were interned in Nereto, initially Italian opposition members , members of the Slavic minorities in the Italian border provinces and Yugoslavs from the areas occupied and annexed by Italy; foreign Jews came later. The accommodation in the "Casa Santoni" met certain standards; the other buildings were very cold due to the lack of heating.

With the approval of the camp director, the internees developed modest cultural activities; concerts and football tournaments took place. After the fall of fascism in July 1943, the Italian inmates were released, but not the Slavs. The camp continued to exist under the RSI regime .

With the 2009 earthquake, some buildings in Nereto were damaged or destroyed.

Daughters and sons of the church

Web links

Commons : Nereto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ Carlo Spartaco Capogreco, I Campi del duce. L'internamento civile nell'Italia fascista (1940-1943) , Torino 2004 (Einaudi), pp. 219-220; Klaus Voigt, Refuge on Revocation. Exile in Italy 1933-1945 (Volume 2), Stuttgart 1993 (Klett-Cotta), p. 68