Ortona

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Via Zara, 14, 66026 Ortona CH, Italy

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N42° 21' 0" E14° 24' 0"   (42.35, 14.4) Start navigation »

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Ortona (Abruzzese: Urtónë; Ancient Greek: Ὄρτων, translit. Órtōn) is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.
Ortona was the site of fierce fighting between the 1st Fallschirmjäger Division and the 1st Canadian Infantry Division during the Italian campaign in World War II. The ferocity of the Battle of Ortona led it to be known as the "Little Stalingrad". A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle (Tommaso), whose relics are kept here.

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