Citta Sant Angelo

Citta Sant'Angelo is a city and comune within the province of Pescara, Abruzzo, Italy. The origins of Citta Sant'Angelo are unsure and feature always been a basis for historical discussion, starting with the Vestini. The severa archaeological finds among the mouths of Piomba and Saline Rivers, and the presence of small city aggregates on the web site called Marina Sant'Angelo point to the origins of the metropolis for the duration of the Roman duration, positioned in the jap part of the Vestine place. Mentioned via Plinius as certainly one of four Vestini cities, Angelus or Angulum seems to have stood where nowadays Citta Sant'Angelo stands.

It is referred to from the 12^th century as Castrum Sancti Angeli. However around 400 CE, the first churches took root in the location between Citta Sant'Angelo and Atri. The vestino-roman abodes, which might have been placed inside the close by Salt Hill, had been probably destroyed in the early Middle Ages, probably all through the Gothic War; the Longobards who invaded Italy after the Gothic War, would probable have rebuilt the regions from scratch of their gift region, leaving as the hint in their later presence the worship of the Michael. Testimonies of this cult are present in both the nearby landmark and the municipal coat of arms.