ORTONA A See also:

• MARE

MARE  , a small seaport and episcopal see of the Abruzzi, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• CHIETI

Chieti, 12 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct E. of that See also:

• TOWN

town and 105 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S.S.E. of See also:

• ANCONA
• ANCONA, ALESSANDRO (1835– )

Ancona . Pop . (19o1) 8667 (town); 15,523 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . It is situated on a promontory 230 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, and connected with the See also:

• PORT

port below by a See also:

• WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire-rope railway . From the ruined See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle magnificent views to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south as far as the Punta di Penna can be obtained.-See also:

• ORVIETO (anc. Volsinii (q.v.)

ORVIETO The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral has been restored at various times, but preserves a See also:

• FINE

fine portal of 1312 by a See also:

• LOCAL

local artist, Nicolo See also:

• MANCINI, PASQUALE STANISLAO (1817-1888)

Mancini . At one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of it is the Palazzo de Pirris with five pointed windows . The town occupies the site of the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Ortona, a seaport of the See also:

• FRENTANI

Frentani; it See also:

• LAY

lay on the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-road, which here turned inland to Anxanum (See also:

• LANCIANO (anc. Anxanum)

Lanciano), ro m. to the S . The town suffered much from the ravages of the See also:

• TURKS

Turks, who laid it in ruins in 1566, and also from frequent earthquakes . For discoveries in the neighbourhood see A. de Nino in Notizie degli Scavi (1888), 646 . (T .