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Pretoro
Sign in to savePretoro (locally Pretèure) is a town of about 1,100 inhabitants situated in Majella National Park, in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, southern Italy. It is located on a steep hillside on the eastern side of the Maiella mountains. Its proximity to Passo Lanciano-La Majelletta ski area, guarantees the availability of winter sports, while the town is also only 20 minutes by car from the Adriatic Sea. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
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The entry is geolocated on the map in IT, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Borghi più belli d'Italia, Cities and towns in Abruzzo and Municipalities of the Province of Chieti.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Pretoro
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Pretoro
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Veduta di Pretoro 7.JPG
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Pretoro-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.province
- (CH)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Colle Pagnotto, Passo Lanciano, Ponte
- Italian comune.mayor
- Sabrina Simone
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 26.13
- Italian comune.population_total
- 948
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 March 2018
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Pretoresi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 560
- Italian comune.day
- 6 May
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 66010
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0871
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Pretoro
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Chieti
- Population
- 856
- Area
- 26.13
- Elevation
- 532
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Roccamontepiano
- Official website
- www.comune.pretoro.ch.it
- Image
- Veduta di Pretoro 8.JPG
- Dialing code
- 0871
- Licence plate code
- CH
- Patron saint
- Dominic of Sora
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- Commons category
- Pretoro
- postal code
- 66010
- street address
- Comune, Via dei Mulini, 3/a
- member of
- The most beautiful villages in Italy
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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- People
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- External links
Pretoro (locally Pretèure) is a town of about 1,100 inhabitants situated in Majella National Park, in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, southern Italy. It is located on a steep hillside on the eastern side of the Maiella mountains. Its proximity to Passo Lanciano-La Majelletta ski area, guarantees the availability of winter sports, while the town is also only 20 minutes by car from the Adriatic Sea. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
==History== The area in which Pretoro is located has been occupied since prehistoric times; remains from that period have been found here, as well as inscriptions in Latin from the Roman era. The first documented mention of the town is in a 12th-century record. Pretoro's name may derive from the word "preta", an earlier form of the word "pietra" or stone. The town stands on a rocky landscape that does not lend itself to farming. Because the town is surrounded by beech-forest, the people of Pretoro have specialized over the centuries in woodcarving.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pretoro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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