- 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...
-
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...
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further east in the late AD 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 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...
- The
Basilica of San
Tommaso Apostolo ("St.
Thomas the Apostle"), also
Ortona Cathedral (Italian: Basilica-Concattedrale di San
Tommaso Apostolo; Duomo...
- 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...
-
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...
