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...

Ortona is a town and municipality in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Ortona may also refer to: Ortona Lighthouse, in Ortona, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy Basilica of...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 FL-19, "Ortona Lock, Caloosahatchee River, Cross-State Canal, Okeechobee Intracoastal Waterway, Ortona, Glades County, FL" HAER No. FL-19-A, "Ortona Lock...

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...

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...

Ortona Mine and Battery is a heritage-listed mine at Forsayth-Agate Creek - Ortona (Iona) Station Road, Gilberton, Shire of Etheridge, Queensland, Australia...

August 1988) is an Italian beach volleyball player. Nicolai was born in Ortona, province of Chieti. In 2007 and 2008, he won the FIVB Youth Beach Volleyball...

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...

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...

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...

Castello aragonese (Italian for Aragon Castle) is a Renaissance castle in Ortona, Province of Chieti (Abruzzo). The first building dates back to 1492. The...

Interamnia and Teramne. Pinna (today Penne), Anxanum (Lanciano), Hortona (Ortona), Histonium (Vasto), Sulmona and Marruvium (San Benedetto dei Marsi) are...

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...

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...

one of the main favourites for victory. In the opening day time trial to Ortona, he won the stage to take the race leader's pink jersey, in the process...

Barbara Line: October–November 1943 Air Raid on Bari: December 1943 Battle of Ortona: December 1943 Bernhardt Line: December 1943 – January 1944 Moro River Campaign:...

Tommaso Colonnello (Buenos Aires, September 9, 1896 – Ortona, Italy, June 20, 1975) was an Italian painter known particularly for paintings executed in...

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...

Histonium (modern Vasto) and Ortona. The Tabula Peutingeriana also gives the name of a river that it places between Ortona and Anxanum, calling it Clotoris...

Castello di Ortona dei Marsi (Italian for Castle of Ortona dei Marsi) is a Middle Ages castle in Ortona dei Marsi, Province of L'Aquila (Abruzzo). Strategically...

The Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona (Latin: Archidioecesis Lancianensis-Ortonensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church that has existed under this...