Tag Archives: historic landmarks

Palazzo Genova Rulli

Card, San Pietro EN, The great architect of Vasto, Vasto Bourbon CapitalBy Stefano Di Leonardo 5 February 2025

Palazzo Genova Rulli, located at the intersection of Via Anelli and Corso Palizzi, was built in the first half of the 19th century. Its design blends late Baroque and Neoclassical architectural elements, incorporated into a preexisting conventual structure dating back to the 16th century. This site was once home to the Convent of the Annunziata,…

Large Roman Cisterns

Card, Roman Histonium, Santa Maria ENBy Stefano Di Leonardo 14 January 2025

At the southern limit of the Loggia Amblingh, where the walls of Vasto once ended, two large Roman cisterns are still visible, which today have been opened towards the promenade and transformed into a characteristic restaurant. Probably built in the first century AD, they were part of a group of six cisterns that guaranteed the…