Fossacesia
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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
.
The main attraction of the neighbourhood is the Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere. The town is home to the Romanesque church of San Silvestro, dating to the 11th century.
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 Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River
Sangro River
The Sangro is a river in eastern central Italy, known in ancient times as Sagrus from the Greek Sagros or Isagros, Ισαγρος....
's mouth, c. 2 km from the Adriatic Sea
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges...
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The main attraction of the neighbourhood is the Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere. The town is home to the Romanesque church of San Silvestro, dating to the 11th century.