San Vito Chietino is a town

Town

A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...

 and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

in the province of Chieti

Province of Chieti

The Province of Chieti is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Chieti.It has an area of 2,588 km², and a total population of 381,993...

 in the Abruzzo

Abruzzo

Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...

 region of central Italy

Italy

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Geography

The town is bordered by Frisa

Frisa

Frisa is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy....

, Lanciano

Lanciano

Lanciano is a town and comune in the province of Chieti, part of the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It has 36,570 inhabitants as of 2008.The city is also known for the first recorded alleged Catholic Eucharistic Miracle.-History:...

, Ortona

Ortona

Ortona is a coastal town and municipality of the Province of Chieti in the Italian region of Abruzzo, with some 23,000 inhabitants.Ortona was the site of fierce fighting between German and Canadian forces during the Italian campaign in World War II...

, Rocca San Giovanni

Rocca San Giovanni

Rocca San Giovanni is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.-Main sights:The main attraction of the neighbourhood is the Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere. Other sights in Rocca San Giovanni include:...

, Treglio

Treglio

Treglio is a municipality and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy...

 and Fossacesia

Fossacesia

Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, c. 2 km from the Adriatic Sea....

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Economy

The town is home to the "La Costa dei Trabocchi". Trabocchi are giant wooden platforms built since 1400, in the middle of the sea. They can be seen from the town of Ortona to Fossacesia. For local fisherman this was one of the method to fish abundant catch for the residents.

Famous residents

• Gabriele D'Annunzio
  Gabriele D'Annunzio
  Gabriele D'Annunzio or d'Annunzio was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, and dramatist...
  
  , a famous poet, lived in the town in 1900.
• Stanislao Gastaldon
  Stanislao Gastaldon
  Martino Stanislao Luigi Gastaldon was an Italian composer, primarily of salon songs for solo voice and piano. However, he also composed instrumental music, two choral works, and four operas. Today, he is remembered almost exclusively for his 1881 song "Musica proibita" , still one of the most...
  
  (1861–1939), the composer of "Musica Proibita", spent his early childhood in San Vito Chietino.

External links

• Official website