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They launch is a city ofAbruzzo.

To know

City of ancient tradition, it was the capital of the Frentani and then a Roman municipality; it had the title of city in 1212 at the behest of Frederick II of Swabia. It is a pilgrimage destination for his Eucharistic miracle.

Geographical notes

The territory of the municipality of Lanciano extends into the hilly area that slopes down from the slopes of the Maiella towards the sea. It is mainly composed of hills, but also includes an important flat part in the Val di Sangro. The city is 48 km from Chieti, 42 from Vast, 24 from Guardiagrele 21 from Ortona, 14 from the beaches of Marina of San Vito.

How to orient yourself

The oldest part of Lanciano developed on three rather steep hills. Immediately north of these is the wide and deep Feltrino valley, which still represents the northern border of the town. To the south, however, a narrow valley (now partially buried) separates the historic center from the flat area, on which the modern part of the city was built in the early twentieth century, initially called the Fiera district. After the Second World War, the growth of the built-up area moved east (Via del Mare) and west (Viale Cappuccini), along the old route of the SS 84 Frentana. In the 80s the Santa Rita district was born. The current expansion lines follow the most important communication routes for accessing the city: the SP ex SS 524 Lanciano Fossacesia (towards Fossacesia), the SP82 (towards San Vito Chietino and the A14) and the SP ex-SS84 (towards the hinterland and towards the sea).

Historic districts

The medieval part of Lanciano is divided into four historic districts, each of which has its own coat of arms and its own flag. They are:

• Borgo district: crossed in the center by Corso Roma and bordered by Piazza Plebiscito, Largo del Malvò and Via dei Funai, it includes the churches of San Francesco, Purgatorio, Santa Lucia and Santa Chiara.
• Civitanova district: it develops around Via Garibaldi and its borders are Largo del Malvò and the Salita dei Gradoni; it includes the churches of Santa Giovina and Santa Maria Maggiore.
• Lancianovecchia district (or Lancianovecchio): its central street is Via dei Frentani, while its borders are defined by Piazza Plebiscito and Via degli Agorai; it includes the churches of Sant'Agostino and San Biagio.
• Sacca district: cut in the center by the lower part of Via Garibaldi, it is bordered by the Salita dei Gradoni and by Via Valera; it includes the churches of San Nicola and San Rocco.

Fractions

The urban center of Lanciano is surrounded by thirty-three districts, scattered throughout the municipal area. They constitute real small settlements, each with its own traditions, its own church and a well-defined residential nucleus. The total resident population in the districts is estimated at about 12600 inhabitants (2005 data).North: Sant'Egidio, Santa Liberata, San Iorio, Nasuti, Spaccarelli, Madonna del Carmine, Sant'Amato, Chieti coast.At East: Santa Giusta, Santa Croce, Sabbioni, Torre Sansone, Serroni.South: Villa Martelli, Villa Carminello, Villa Stanazzo, Iconicella, Villa Andreoli, King of Cups, Colle Pizzuto, Serre, Camicie, Villa Elce, Sant'Onofrio, Rizzacorno, Colle Campitelli, Villa Pasquini.West: Gaeta, Fontanelle, Follani, Marcianese, Torre Marino, Santa Maria dei Mesi.

How to get

By plane

• Pescara airport (Abruzzo Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 432 4201. The airport acts as a regional airport. 

By car

• A14 Adriatica motorway, Lanciano exit
• Adriatic coast
• Frentana
• Lanciano-Fossacesia

On the train

• Ferrovia Adriatico Sangritana, TUA - Abruzzese Single Transport [1]

By bus

• Regional public bus lines managed by TUA - Transport Unico Abruzzese [2]
• Autolinee Di Fonzo [3]

How to get around

What see

• 42.2306814.391071 Basilica of the Madonna del Ponte. 
• 42.2305514.387912 Church of Santa Maria Maggiore. 
• 42.2304814.390113 Church and convent of San Francesco. 
• Porta San Biagio. It dates back to the 11th century. It is the last survivor of the nine gates that were part of the city walls, which were demolished at the beginning of the 20th century to encourage urban expansion. Perched on a very steep ridge, it has a small light surmounted by a pointed arch. 
• City gate of Via Umberto I. It is located at the beginning of via Umberto I, going up to the Montanare towers and is a covered access through a barrel vault introduced by a pointed arch. The gate was probably connected to the portion of the city walls located between the Borgo district and the Sacca district. 
• 42.229514.38614 Montanare towers. Remains of the ancient walls (11th - 15th century), are two towers close to each other: a tall and slender watchtower, inside the walls, and a massive external corner tower. The tallest tower is the only remnant of the oldest walls, together with some stretch of stone walls; all the rest of the structure, built in bricks, belongs to the reconstruction of the walls at the beginning of 1400. The name could derive from the Montanari family or from the very panoramic position (the view ranges from the Majella massif to the Gran Sasso, passing through all the nearby hills and reaching the sea). 
• Civitanova Fountain, Contrada Sant'Egidio. Large fountain located between orchards and gardens just outside the walls of the ancient city. 

Events and parties

• Commemoration of the revolt of Lanciano. On 5 and 6 October. It commemorates the uprising of the city of Lanciano against the German occupation, which took place in 1943 during the Second World War. Immediately after the Nazi occupation, some groups of young Lancianese took up arms against the invaders and engaged them in two days of fighting. At the end of the insurrection, 11 boys had lost their lives. Another 12 civilians were killed in reprisals by the Nazis, who lost 47 men between officers and enlisted men. This episode marked the beginning of the active participation of all citizens in the Resistance, which is why Lanciano was awarded the Gold Medal for Military Valor by President Einaudi in 1952 and is, therefore, among the Cities decorated for military valor for the war of liberation. 
• Sant'Antonio Abate. January 17. A tradition that still survives in the districts is that of the staging, in the form of a sacred representation, of the temptations of St. Anthony on the eve of his feast. The protagonists are the actors who impersonate the Saint and the Devil, who persecutes the incorruptible Saint chasing him through the city streets. 
• Candlemas and San Biagio. February 2. The anniversary is commemorated in the church of San Biagio: thin wax candles are distributed to the faithful, which are traditionally considered protective against damage from thunderstorms. : The following day, February 3, San Biagio is celebrated. In the same church, after the evening Mass, the rite of the anointing of the throat is celebrated: a ceremony connected to the cult of San Biagio, who was a doctor, as an auxiliary saint, protector against ailments of the throat. This is one of the oldest traditions and still most deeply felt by the people of Lanciano, who crowd the streets of Lancianovecchia for hours waiting for their turn, while the alleys of the neighborhood are filled with stalls offering the traditional San Biagio bread: anise and other, sweet, shortcrust pastry with sugar glaze. 
• Carnival. Tradition has it that on Carnival day the papier-mâché puppets (called mammocci in dialect), after having paraded through the streets of the center, are set on fire with a real pyrotechnic fire, which inevitably ends with the explosion of the puppet's head. . 
• Holy Week. The rites of Holy Week cover the entire Easter period and include both the rites prescribed by the Catholic Church and some more characteristic manifestations. The latter include:
• the Via Crucis of the Confraternities takes place on the 4th Sunday of Lent.
• on Holy Thursday the procession of the Incappucciati is held: the confreres of the Oration and Death of San Filippo Neri Archconfraternity, with their faces covered by black hoods, walk the streets of the historic center at night, only in the light of their torches, carrying the symbols of the Passion of Christ; one of them, called Cireneo, walks all the way barefoot carrying a life-size wooden cross on his shoulders; the procession is accompanied by the performance of the Miserere by Francesco Paolo Masciangelo and by the rhythmic noise of the tree frogs.
• on Good Friday the same confreres parade with their faces uncovered for the traditional funeral procession.
• on Easter Sunday the meeting of the saints takes place: sacred representation in which the statues of Jesus, Mary and St. John stage the Gospel episode which sees John going to the tomb, discovering the resurrection of Jesus and announcing it to Mary; the joy of the latter is symbolized by the final race of the statue accompanied by a flight of doves; the same representation is also repeated on the following Tuesday. 
• September Lancianese. September Lancianese is made up of a series of traditions and celebrations that begin in the last days of August and end on September 16, the day of the patronal feast of the Madonna del Ponte. Below is a list of the most important moments:
• the feast of Sant'Egidio is the first of September; his feast, however, is celebrated on the evening of August 31: probable legacy of the Roman and medieval hour calculation, which considered the nocturnal hours belonging to the following day. During this festival, which represents the beginning of September Lancianese, in the city the Toy Fair: alongside the modern stalls, those of the artisans with traditional games resist. The best known tradition, however, is that of terracotta bells: produced by local artisans and decorated in various ways, they are bought as a gift for friends or loved ones. In ancient times, bells and wicker baskets were a kind of token of love between boyfriends: the girl brought a bell as a gift to her betrothed, which she reciprocated with a wicker basket in which to store it.
• the historical re-enactment of Mastrogiurato is held on the first Sunday of September, at the end of a series of themed events contained in the Medieval Week. The procession, which crosses the streets of the center with over 400 figures in period clothing, offers a representation of the Lancianese society at the height of its opulence, when the Fairs brought people and goods of all kinds to the city and the Mastrogiurato, in fact , was the magistrate elected by the assembly of household heads to manage public order and administer justice.
• on the morning of 8 September, the day when the Nativity of Mary occurs, the city center is crossed by a procession of people from the districts who bring gifts to offer to the Madonna del Ponte. In ancient times the party had to be very sober, with only a procession of women singing sacred hymns carrying the traditional copper basins with donations on their heads. The modern celebration is more articulated: each district prepares one or more parade floats, in which local people, in typical clothes, perform the traditional activities of peasant life, such as grape harvest, carding, pasta manufacturing and more.
• the night between 13 and 14 September takes place the night: a vigil awaiting the opening of the September holidays, which takes place at 4 in the morning with fireworks and the passage of the band, after which tradition has it that you go to eat a pizza with peppers and anchovies. This ritual has been repeated every year since 1833, when the people of Lanciano waited all night for two gold crowns donated by the Vatican for the statue of the Madonna del Ponte to arrive.
• the September festivals proper coincide with triduum for the Madonna del Ponte on 14, 15 and 16 September; in the last of these days the solemn procession is held for the patron saint of the city. 
• Immaculate Conception. On the eve of the Conception the rite of lighting the fires of the Immaculate Conception (called focaracci) is repeated in every district of Lanciano. A tradition of very ancient origins, probably pagan, with analogues in other centers of the Abruzzo foothills, over time it has become a Christian rite in which fire becomes a symbol of Mary's purity before and after conception. 
• The Squilla. On the evening of December 23rd. A very ancient tradition is renewed, probably linked to the winter solstice and the cult of the dead: from 6 to 7 pm, recalled by the sound of a small bell placed on the Civic Tower (called Squilla), the Lancianese families gather around the member older and perform the kissing ritual of the parents and the exchange of gifts. At the beginning of the seventeenth century Mons.Paolo Tasso, bishop of Lanciano, introduced the custom of accompanying this ceremony with a procession from the city center to the church of Santa Maria dell'Iconicella, in memory of the journey on foot of Joseph and Mary from Jerusalem in Bethlehem. 

What to do

Shopping

In its territory an excellent olive oil is produced; Lanciano is part of theNational Association City of oil.

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• 42.23096514.3891561 ^{[link not working]}Convivium restaurant, Largo dei Gradoni, 2, ☎ 39 0872 716269. 
• 42.23105614.3893822 Pizzeria The Cartoon, Piazza Giuseppe Garibaldi, 75, ☎ 39 0872 660172. 
• 42.23035314.3907173 Da Carlino restaurant and pizzeria, Corso Trento and Trieste, 6, ☎ 39 0872 710525. 
• 42.23073914.392824 Otto e Mezzo pizzeria restaurant, Via Piave, 37A, ☎ 39 0872 49649. 
• 42.23263314.3908145 La Torre pizza restaurant, Largo S. Giovanni, 7, ☎ 39 0872 714439. 
• 42.23189414.3908736 ^{[link not working]}Taverna del Marinaio - restaurant, Closed Alley Piazza Frentani, 1, ☎ 39 0872 709960. 
• 42.23194614.3890877 Anxa tavern restaurant, Via Camillo Benso Count of Cavour, 10, ☎ 39 373 7510701. 
• 42.23343614.3930838 Millenovecentoundici restaurant, Strada del Bastione, 99, ☎ 39 329 2716552. , 66034 Launch CH 
• 42.23315714.3898389 Eagle's Nest Restaurant, Via Garibaldi Giuseppe 29, ☎ 39 0872 710276. 
• 42.23021614.39010510 Il Chiostro Restaurant, Via Court, 11, ☎ 39 0872 719350. 
• 42.22863314.38905411 Le Vecchie Mura restaurant, Corso Roma, 92, ☎ 39 0872 320124. 
• 42.22840114.38901312 Osteria 101, Corso Roma, 115, ☎ 39 380 7952518. 

Where stay

Moderate prices

• 42.22775314.3914111 Rome hotel, Via Augusto Romagnoli, 20, ☎ 39 0872 712890. Two stars 

Average prices

• 42.19858514.3759762 Angelucci farmhouse, Contrada Torre Marino, 54, ☎ 39 340 3415654. 
• 42.20185914.3767913 B&B Sunflower, Contrada Torre Marino, 65, ☎ 39 339 2009889. 
• 42.23184714.3890924 B&B La Giuggiola, Via Valera, 35, ☎ 39 335 5891535. 
• 42.23153314.3874265 B&B Porta Della Noce, Vico XI Garibaldi, 4, ☎ 39 339 6318414. 
• 42.23206114.3877476 Le Campanelle Bed & Breakfast, Vicolo XVI Garibaldi, 12, ☎ 39 340 7594263. 
• 42.23015414.3998957 Anxanum hotels, Via San Francesco D'Assisi, 10, ☎ 39 0872 715142. Three stars 

High prices

• 42.22925914.3951888 Excelsior Hotel, Avenue of Remembrance, 19, ☎ 39 0872 713013. Four stars 

Safety

Pharmacies

• 42.22628314.3878171 Municipal Anxanum, Viale Cappuccini, 31/33, ☎ 39 0872 43771. 
• 42.23083214.4067742 Municipal No.2 Anxanum, Via Sigismondi, 1B, ☎ 39 0872 41585. 
• 42.2304714.389813 Del Borgo, Corso Roma, 12, ☎ 39 0872 712820. 
• 42.22405914.3974784 Of the Green, Via del Verde, 71, ☎ 39 0872 714585. 
• 42.23689514.3962835 Lie down, Via del Mare, 90, ☎ 39 0872 728015. 
• 42.22950814.3933886 Marciani, Via Vittorio Veneto, 29, ☎ 39 0872 712905. 
• 42.23126414.3907287 Marciani Marcello, Piazza Plebiscito, 59, ☎ 39 0872 710837. 
• 42.23075314.3899588 Marciani Magno, Piazza Plebiscito, 21, ☎ 39 0872 713018. 
• 42.22996314.3912739 Sparrowhawks, Corso Trento and Trieste, 36, ☎ 39 0872 713417. 

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 42.222314.38907910 Italian post, via Guido Rosato 1, ☎ 39 0872 721711. 
• 42.23020514.39298411 Italian post (They launch 1), via Vittorio Veneto 3, ☎ 39 0872 721511. 
• 42.23987814.39526112 Italian post (They launch 2), via Del Mare 136, ☎ 39 0872 713573. 
• 42.23117814.40869413 Italian post (Throw 3), via Giulio Sigismondi 5, ☎ 39 0872 42044. 

Around

• Guardiagrele - It has an important historical center, with churches and buildings of great interest. It is famous for craftsmanship in metalworking. It is part of the most beautiful villages in Italy.
• Ortona - The ancient monumental inhabited area stretches out on a promontory of the coast; fishing and bathing activities develop on the coast. It is a city linked to important events of the Second World War.
• Vast - The ancient city with its fortifications is in an elevated position on the sea; the modern budding is on the coast where the seaside resort of Marina di Vasto develops.

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