- inhabitants. In 1943
Ortona was the site of the
bloody Battle of
Ortona,
known as "Western Stalingrad". A
patron saint of
Ortona is
Saint Thomas the Apostle...
- The
Battle of
Ortona (20–28
December 1943) was
fought between two
battalions of
elite German Fallschirmjäger (paratroops) from the
German 1st Parachute...
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Ortona is a town and muni****lity in Chieti, Abruzzo,
Italy Ortona may also
refer to:
Ortona Lighthouse, in
Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo,
Italy Basilica of...
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further east in the late 40s. In 1258, some of the
relics were
brought to
Ortona, in Abruzzo, Italy,
where they have been held in the
Church of
Saint Thomas...
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Ortona,
subtitled "A Game of the
Advance in Italy,
December 1943", is a
board wargame published by
Simulations Canada in 1983 that
simulates the Battle...
- The
Basilica of San
Tommaso Apostolo ("St.
Thomas the Apostle"), also
Ortona Cathedral (Italian: Basilica-Concattedrale di San
Tommaso Apostolo; Duomo...
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Ortona was a town in
ancient Latium in
central Italy. Livy
records that in 481 BC the
Aequi laid
siege to
Ortona. Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2:43 v t e...
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Ortona Lighthouse (Italian: Faro di
Ortona) is an
active lighthouse located in
Ortona on the
Adriatic Sea. The
lighthouse was
built in 1937 and consists...
- The
Ortona Prehistoric Village is an
archaeological site
adjacent to the
community of
Ortona in
northeastern Glades County, Florida,
north of the Caloosahatchee...
- the line was held by the
coastal town of
Ortona,
captured by
Canadian forces in the
fierce Battle of
Ortona in
December 1943
which became known as "the...
