ATRI  , a

town of the Abruzzi, Italy, in the province of Teramo, 6 m . W. of the station of that name on the railway from Ancona to Foggia, and 18 m. due E.S.E. of Teramo, on the site of the ancient Hadria (q.v.) . Pop . (1901) 13,448 . Its Gothic cathedral (1285–1305) is remarkably fine; and the interior, though spoilt by restoration in 1657, contains some important frescoes of the end of the 15th century by Andrea di Lecce and his pupils . The crypt was originally a cistern of the Roman period . The palace of the Acquaviva family, who were dukes of Atri from 1398 to 1775, is a massive building situated in the principal square .