Francavilla al Mare

Francavilla al Mare is a comune and town within the province of Chieti, within the Abruzzo vicinity of Italy. The municipality, covered in the urban location of Pescara, borders with Chieti, Miglianico, Ortona, Pescara, Ripa Teatina, San Giovanni Teatino and Torrevecchia Teatina. The place become inhabited on the grounds that prehistory, and early stays had been discovered at St. Cecilia. In 1162 the village changed into granted immunity from taxes for 12 years, and this episode additionally gave starting place to the name "Francavilla".

The harbour turned into a flourishing industrial key factor in the Adriatic Sea, but in the 16th century become plundered by way of Turkish troops. The metropolis became held by households which includes the Caracciolo and D'Avalos within the following centuries. In the past due 19th century Francavilla was already a widely known seashore lodge and the seat of an artistic literary circle with relevant figures as Francesco Paolo Michetti, Gabriele D'Annunzio, F.P. Tosti, who met at the "Conventino", inside the former monastery of Santa Maria di Gesu.