Vasto

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Vasto
coat of arms
Vasto (Italy)
Vasto
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates 42 ° 6 '  N , 14 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 42 ° 6 '0 "  N , 14 ° 42' 0"  E
height 148  m slm
surface 70 km²
Residents 41,406 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 592 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 66054
prefix 0873
ISTAT number 069099
Popular name Vastesi, Histoniensi
Patron saint San Michele
Website Vasto
View of Vasto
View of Vasto

Vasto is a city in the Abruzzo region , Chieti province in Italy . It has 41,406 inhabitants and an area of ​​70 km². Vasto is located on the Adriatic Sea . The patron of the city is San Michele . The neighboring municipalities are Casalbordino , Cupello , Monteodorisio , Pollutri and San Salvo .

history

Vasto was probably founded by a Dalmatian tribe. In Roman times it was known as histonium , a name it lost in the unrest after the collapse of the Roman Empire. The inhabitants of the city are known as Vastesi or Histoniensi .

Under Mussolini , the city changed its name to Istonio in 1938 , based on the city's Roman origins. After Italy entered the war in June 1940, the fascist regime established an internment camp ( campo di concentramento ) in Istonio Marina (now Vasto Marina ). Two buildings were available for this purpose, a hotel that was never completed and a private residence. The internees were predominantly political oppositionists , occasionally also disgraced fascists. Many inmates have been transferred to prison after they went on hunger strike to protest the food shortage and poor quality of food. In June 1943, 31 internees were transferred to Farfa Sabina to set up the planned camp there. After the fall of fascism, the Yugoslavs replaced their political opponents from the territories occupied and annexed by Italy. In September 1943 the camp was still in operation. The city was liberated on November 5, 1943 and in 1944 it was renamed Vasto again.

Memorial fragment of the Church of San Pietro

In 1956, part of one of the oldest neighborhoods in the historic center of Vasto was devastated by a series of landslides. About one hundred and fifty houses were destroyed, including some public and religious buildings of considerable architectural value, including the Chiesa di San Pietro .

Attractions

  • Among the attractions of the city, among other counts Cathedral Cattedrale di San Giuseppe from the late 13th century.
  • In the old town rises the mighty Caldora castle from the 15th century, which was built on the site of an older complex from the High Middle Ages.
  • A museum founded in 1849 in the Palazzo D'Avalos presents a coin collection and works by French impressionists and contemporary artists.

  • The cathedral

  • Vasto 2009 092 (RaBoe) .jpg

  • Castello Caldora

  • Via di Porta Catena

  • Palazzo D'Avalos

  • Piazza Rossetti

  • View of Vasto Marina

  • Faro di Punta Penna

traffic

Vasto is located on the Adriatic railway line Ancona – Lecce . In the urban area, the railway line runs underground. There are two train stations at the north and south ends of the tunnel: Porto di Vasto to the north and Vasto- San Salvo to the south .

The Strada Statale 16 Adriatica also runs through the city.

economy

In the municipality of vines are varieties Montepulciano for the DOC - wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grown. Vasto is also known for the production of the sausage specialty Ventricina .

Sports

Vasto was twice the destination of a stage of the Giro d'Italia :

Town twinning

With Perth in Australia, there is a 1989 twinning .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Vasto  - 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. 215-216
  3. ↑ vastospa.it: Vasto: Frana del 1956 , accessed August 25, 2018 (photo documentation; Italian)