Ortona is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.
In 1943 Ortona was the site of a bloody battle, known as "Western Stalingrad". A patron saint of Ortona is Saint Thomas the Apostle, whose relics were brought to Ortona in the 13th century by a sailor and are kept in the Cathedral of Saint Thomas.
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Coordinates 42°20'58.714" N 14°24'14.087" E
