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Fossacesia

province of Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy

arrowInfo:
Altitude: 140 m a.s.l -- Distance from Chieti: 54 km -- Population: ca. 4800 inhabitants -- Zip code: 66022 -- Phone Area Code: 0872 -- How to reach it: motorway: A-14 exit Lanciano

arrowThe place
In Southeastern Abruzzo, Fossacesia consists of two separate settlements, one high on a hilltop left of the Sangro river, the other (Fossacesia Marina) along the Adriatic, near the picturesque Punta del Cavalluccio bay.

arrowHistory:
There was a human settlement in the Neolithic and later in the Roman period. Roman columns and stones were dismantled and reused in the Abbey of St. Giovanni in Venere. There was a strong Benedectine influence in the development of the area, and in the XII century there was on the site a borough called Fossa Coeca ("blind ditch"). Then many different families possessed it in the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.

arrowSights & Excursions
  • Punta del Cavalluccio bay
  • Abbey of St. Giovanni in Venere
  • arrowEvents & Festivities
  • 6-7 Agoust: Feast of Martyr St. Donato
  • September: Grapes festival
  • arrowHotels, Lodging, Restaurants
  • Hotel Giardino
  • Hotel Golfo di Venere
  • Hotel Levante
  • Agritourist Centers
  • Ristorante Azzurra, specialità pesce, v. Lungomare 137, 608012
  • Ristorante Bar La Pergola, Ss 16 Adriatica, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 608066
  • Ristorante Bar la Valle, v. Pedemontana 17, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 57447
  • Ristorante Cavalluccio, s.s. 16 Rocca san Giovanni, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 60196
  • Ristorante dei Priori, v. San Giovanni in Venere 41, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 608171
  • Ristorante Il Cigno Nero, v. S. Egidio 15bis, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 607778
  • Ristorante Il Delfino, s.s Adriatica 156, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 607523
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    arrowGenealogy, News & Links

  • Municipio, v. Marina, Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 60117/60581
  • Parrocchia San Silvestro Papa, Villa Scorciosa, 66022 Fossacesia (CH) - tel. (+39) 0872 57418
  • Surnames presently recorded in Fossacesia
  • People researching in Fossacesia
  • Newspaper articles on Fossacesia
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