Ortona

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Ortona
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Ortona (Italy)
Ortona
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates 42 ° 21 '  N , 14 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 21 '0 "  N , 14 ° 24' 0"  E
height 72  m slm
surface 70 km²
Residents 22,787 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density 326 inhabitants / km²
Factions Alboreto, Aquilano, Caldari, Colombo, Cucullo, Feudo, Fontegrande, Foro, Fossato, Gagliarda, Iurisci, Lazzaretto, Lido Riccio, Madonna delle Grazie, Ranchini, Riccio, Ripari Bardella, Rogatti, Ruscitti, San Donato, San Leonardo, San Marco , San Pietro, Santa Lucia, Savini, Tamarete, Vaccari, Villa Deo, Villa Grande, Villa Iubatti, Villa Pincione, Villa San Leonardo, Villa San Nicola, Villa San Tommaso, Villa Torre
Post Code 66026
prefix 085
ISTAT number 069058
Popular name Ortonesi
Patron saint San Tommaso
Website Ortona
Ortona
Ortona

Ortona is a port city in the Italian province of Chieti with 22,787 inhabitants and is located on the Adriatic coast about 22 kilometers southeast of the city of Pescara .

A massive citadel from the time of the Kingdom of Naples protects the historic old town, which is located on a protected spot above the harbor.

history

The very old city was conquered by the Franks in 803 . After military interludes, the city finally came under Neapolitan suzerainty in the 13th century .

In 1258 the bones of the apostle Thomas were transferred to Ortona - an indication that the city must have been important at the time. Today they are in the publicly accessible crypt in the Church of San Tommaso (St. Thomas).

During the Second World War, the Allies bombed the city of Ortona and the surrounding area for six months in 1943 in preparation for a breakthrough through the Gustav Line , a line of defense of the German Wehrmacht south of Ortona. From December 20 to 28, 1943, there was a one-week battle between German paratroopers and units of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division ( Battle of Ortona ). Winston Churchill described the house-to-house war, which was fought with extreme severity, as " Stalingrad of Italy", since - similar to the Russian city - almost all houses in Ortona were completely destroyed.

To commemorate the battle a memorial for the fallen Canadians was built in 2006 in the city of Ortona, in the military cemetery Moro River Canadian War Cemetery are in the south of the city. The Battle of Ortona is one of the most important and costly battles of the Second World War for the Canadian Army . A documentary film "Ortona 1943: a bloody Christmas present" produced by SD Cinematografica tells the story of this most difficult time for Ortona in the 20th century.

Attractions

Viticulture

Since 2011, the white and red wine grown here has had a "controlled designation of origin " (Denominazione di origine controllata - DOC ), which was last updated on March 7, 2014. In 2016, 782 hectoliters of DOC wine were produced from eight hectares of vineyards. Two types of wine are produced:

  • Ortona Rosso : Must be made from at least 90% Montepulciano grapes . A maximum of 10% other red grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Abruzzo region may be added.
  • Ortona Bianco : Must consist of at least 70% Trebbiano grape variety . A maximum of 30% of other white grape varieties approved for cultivation in the Abruzzo region may be added.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Ortona  - 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. ↑ Disciplinare di Produzione della Denominazione di Origine Controllata (production regulations and description). (PDF) In: ismeamercati.it. November 27, 2017, accessed July 31, 2018 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Viticulture in figures 2017. (PDF) In: VQPRD d'Italia 2017. federdoc.com, accessed on June 12, 2018 (Italian).