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...
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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 municipality in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Ortona may also refer to: Ortona Lighthouse, in Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Basilica of...
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Thomas the Apostle (section Chios and Ortona)
in Kerala State) in AD 52. 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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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, 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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Province of Chieti (section Ortona)
port of Ortona. The defensive Gustav Line was established by the Germans at Ortona, extending towards Cassino on the opposite side of Italy. Ortona offered...
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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...
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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...
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The Ortona Prehistoric Village is an archaeological site adjacent to the community of Ortona in northeastern Glades County, Florida, north of the Caloosahatchee...
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Okeechobee Waterway (section Ortona Lock and Dam)
FL-19, "Ortona Lock, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL" HAER No. FL-19-A, "Ortona Lock...
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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 is an unincorporated area and a populated place in Glades County, Florida. One of the area's attractions is the Ortona Indian Mound Park, which...
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Argyroeides ortona is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1893. It is found in Ecuador. Savela, Markku (December 25...
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Ortona Mine and Battery is a heritage-listed mine at Forsayth-Agate Creek - Ortona (Iona) Station Road, Gilberton, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia...
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SS Arcadian (redirect from SS Ortona)
by Vickers, Sons & Maxim Ltd for the Pacific Steam Navigation Company as Ortona. She was renamed Arcadian when the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company acquired...
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Egidio Ortona (16 September 1910 – 10 January 1996) was an Italian diplomat whose career spanned the years 1931 to 1975. He was the Permanent Representative...
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Line Bari raid Winter Line Bernhardt Line Monte la Difensa San Pietro Moro Ortona Rapido Monte Cassino Anzio Cisterna Diadem Strangle Chesterfield Trasimene...
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Castello aragonese (Italian for Aragon Castle) is a Renaissance castle in Ortona, Province of Chieti (Abruzzo). The first building dates back to 1492. The...
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The Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (Latin: Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that has existed under this...
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Adriatic of province of Chieti (Abruzzo), is a 70-kilometer coast from Ortona to San Salvo, in Italy. It comprises a number of coves and reefs below the...
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of Ortona in 1943, the Canadian Army, which gave the tactic its name, used it to great effect, breaching the walls of buildings (houses in Ortona shared...
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Interamnia and Teramne. Pinna (today Penne), Anxanum (Lanciano), Hortona (Ortona), Histonium (Vasto), Sulmona and Marruvium (San Benedetto dei Marsi) are...
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Ortona dei Marsi is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is included in traditional area of Marsica...
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Basilica in Chennai, India or in the Basilica of St. Thomas the Apostle in Ortona, Italy. By the 2nd century AD, association with the apostles was esteemed...
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Pallavolo Piacenza, and Fenerbahçe. Currently he is playing for Sieco Service Ortona. In 2001, Marshall was one of six players on the Cuban national team to...
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Diocese of Ortona a Mare e Campli (Latin: Dioecesis Ortonensis et Camplensis) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Italy, located in the city of Ortona, in the...
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the Gustav Line was penetrated on the Eighth Army's Adriatic front, and Ortona was liberated with heavy casualties to Canadian troops, the blizzards, drifting...
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Perantuono, Carmine (27 July 2017). "In mostra l'arte di Tommaso Colonnello a Ortona". Rete8. Retrieved 28 February 2023. Wilhide, Elizabeth (26 October 2012)...
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Key Myakkahatchee Creek Naval Live Oaks Cemetery Nocoroco Ormond Mound Ortona Prehistoric Village Otis Hare Page-Ladson Persimmon Mound Pierce Pineland...
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