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Pretoro
Abruzzovillage
Pretoro
Total population
1,107
Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Pretoro 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.
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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.
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Notable people from here
Nearby places in Abruzzo
- Roccamontepiano2 mi away · pop. 1,707
- Rapino2.2 mi away · pop. 1,433
- Casacanditella3.7 mi away · pop. 1,397
- San Martino sulla Marrucina3.8 mi away · pop. 832
- Guardiagrele4.3 mi away · pop. 8,820
- Manoppello5 mi away · pop. 5,637
- Casalincontrada5.1 mi away · pop. 2,942
- Pennapiedimonte5.3 mi away · pop. 556
- Lettomanoppello5.5 mi away · pop. 3,090
- Bucchianico6.4 mi away · pop. 5,002
- Turrivalignani6.6 mi away · pop. 858
- Abbateggio6.7 mi away · pop. 420
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Official Identifiers
ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics
- ISTAT code
- 069069
- Province
- Chieti (CH)
- Region
- Abruzzo
- NUTS3 (2024)
- ITF14
- Codice catastale
- H052
Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • ISTAT — Italian national statistics (Elenco comuni italiani), via istat.it (official ISTAT code, province, region, NUTS3, codice catastale)
- • ISTAT — Italian National Institute of Statistics — Elenco comuni italiani (CC BY 3.0 IT)