Ortona

Ortona stands between the Adriatic Sea and Abruzzo’s rolling inland hills, a position that has long tied its development to the port and coast. The old town occupies a high promontory, where the Aragonese Castle overlooks the shoreline and the Cathedral of St Thomas preserves relics traditionally associated with the apostle. Ortona is also remembered for the Battle of Ortona in December 1943, a destructive Second World War confrontation involving Canadian and German forces. South of town, the Costa dei Trabocchi is marked by trabocchi, timber fishing machines set over the water. Browse other webcams across Abruzzo to place Ortona’s coast in a wider geographic context.

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