Place:Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy

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NameOrtona
TypeTown
Coordinates42.35°N 14.4°E
Located inChieti, Abruzzo, Italy
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Ortona (Abruzzese: ; ) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.

In 1943 Ortona was the site of a bloody battle, known as "Western Stalingrad". A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle (Tommaso), whose relics were brought to Ortona in the 13th century by a sailor and are kept in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas.[1]

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