The Church of San Pietro in Vasto, although no longer existing today, having been demolished after a landslide in 1956, represents a fundamental chapter in the religious and cultural history of the city. Its story, full of events and changes, is closely intertwined with the events of Vasto and its noble families. Its origins are…
Born in Vasto in 1860, to a wealthy family of merchants, Luigi Anelli demonstrated his witty streak very early on, founding his first newspaper at just 18 years old. At 25, he published the first edition of his “Ricordi di Storia Vastese” in Naples. Having returned to his hometown, at the age of 35 he…
Luigi Marchesani was born in Vasto in 1802. Son of a notary, he graduated in medicine in Naples, where he practiced until 1837, distinguishing himself as a teacher and researcher, and publishing numerous essays. In 1842, he founded the Vasto hospital, where he worked as surgeon and director. Always passionate about homeland history, in 1841…
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…
The Church of Sant’Antonio di Padova stands along Via Adriatica, its exterior modest and unadorned, reflecting its origins as part of a Franciscan convent. Built with a single nave and lacking decorative cladding—even on its brick façade—it still bears the telltale “putlog holes” once used to support scaffolding during its construction. While its outward appearance…