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21-430: The town is located on hills and its town territory covers 66 square kilometres (25 sq mi) from Val di Sangro to Castelfrentano, and its elevation is about 265 metres (869 ft) above sea level. It is bordered by Atessa , Castel Frentano , Fossacesia , Frisa , Mozzagrogna , Orsogna , Paglieta , Poggiofiorito , Rocca San Giovanni , San Vito Chietino , Sant'Eusanio del Sangro and Treglio . Regarding

42-647: A baronial possession. Later, the city took the part of the Neapolitan Republic of 1799 and rose against the Bourbon kings in 1848, 1849 and 1853. In 1860 it voted for annexation to the newly formed Kingdom of Italy . During World War II it was an active center of the Resistance against the German occupation. On 6 October 1943 Italian citizens attacked German soldiers (revolt of the martyrs of October 1943). In 1952 it

63-406: A ragioneria, a geometra, an istituto tecnico industriale and an istituto tecnico professionale. Lanciano has 4 secondary schools and 8 primary schools and two of those are private schools led by two different nunneries. Atessa 42°4′0″N 14°27′0″E  /  42.06667°N 14.45000°E  / 42.06667; 14.45000 Atessa (locally L'Atésse ) is a municipality in

84-406: A subsequent cholera epidemic that hit the area between 1816 and 1817 deprived it of any improvement. The city preserves the historical center in 17th-century, late Renaissance style, with few remains of the ancient medieval walls in the urban gates of San Michele, San Giuseppe, San Nicola and Santa Margherita. The city is divided into two sections: the first is the oldest, represented by the bulk of

105-568: The Duchy of Spoleto . In 1060 the Normans made it a centre of the unified Kingdom of Sicily . Lanciano flourished again and in 1340 it was the largest city in Abruzzo with 6,500 inhabitants, renowned industries (ceramics, wool, silk, goldworks, ironworks), receiving important privileges by both Frederick II and his son Manfred , with a substantial administrative autonomy. Charles I , King of Sicily, assigned

126-728: The Western Roman Empire , Lanciano was sacked by the Goths , and was destroyed during the Lombard invasion (c. 571 AD). A new settlement was then created around a castle built by the new rulers. In 610, however, it was conquered by the Byzantines , who annexed it to the Duchy of Teate ( Chieti ) and allowed the trades to restart. In the late 8th century Lanciano was conquered by the Franks , who included it in

147-504: The province of Chieti , Abruzzo , south-eastern Italy . It is part of the Val di Sangro mountain community. It is the largest municipality in the province by extension and eighth by population. The town is located in the lower valley of the Sangro river. Its area, with its 11,003 hectares, is the largest in the province and includes a small part decentralized from the rest of the territory, south of

168-675: The Apostles. Canadian College Italy Canadian College Italy , also known as CCI , is an independent Canadian-accredited school in Lanciano , Abruzzo , Italy . The school is a co-educational university-preparatory school for grades 9 to 12. CCI operates under the supervision of the Ontario Ministry of Education , as outlined by the Ministry's guidelines for Overseas Schools. The school prepares students for entrance into universities in

189-638: The Cathedral of San Leucio, and at its end, towards the plain of the Sangro, from the fortified church of Santa Croce; while the second section is crossed by the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, and passes through the Arch 'Ndriano (former Porta San Nicola), from Piazza Garibaldi to the hill of San Cristoforo, from the votive column raised on the top. Church of San Domenico (1566) - church with an unfinished Baroque façade, with rich frescoed interior. There are scenes of

210-459: The Quaternary, rest on clayey soils (blue-gray clays), the result of the sedimentation in the open sea of terrigenous materials . The large hills are thus constituted, on which are found the majority of the districts, connected by a dense network of secondary roads to the most important ones of the valley bottom. The origins of Atessa according to some sources date back to the fifth century AD, after

231-500: The Sangro to the west and the Osento to the east. The subsoil consists of one of the last ridges where there are ancient stratified sandy deposits, visible in the numerous outcrops of the escarpments, with an ocher-yellow color. These sediments, evidence of the permanence of the coastline in this place and the following regression of the sea between the end of the Pliocene and the beginning of

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252-556: The United States, UK, Canada and Europe. The school motto is Perge et Valeas ( Proceed and you shall Succeed ). Canadian College Italy (CCI) was founded by Marisa DiCarlo D'Alessandro in 1995 in Lanciano, Italy. CCI is Canada's only private high school in Italy and is a co-ed boarding school for Canadian, American and International students wishing to study abroad. The Mission statement for

273-558: The area was settled from the 5th millennium BC. Under the Frentani it was probably under the influence of Greater Greece . After the end of the Samnite Wars , which saw the Frentani allied with the Romans , Lancianum obtained the status of municipium . It was probably a flourishing commercial site, across an ancient and important trade route connecting Pescara to Apulia . During the fall of

294-405: The championship getting a promotion so that the next year Lanciano 1920 will be able to play in promozione. Canadian College Italy is located in Lanciano. There are also other schools, from nursery to high schools. As far as high schools are concerned lanciano has a liceo scientifico, a liceo classico, a liceo delle scienze umane, a liceo artistico, a liceo linguistico, a liceo economico sociale,

315-527: The climate, the temperature averages about 4 °C (39 °F) in winter and 25 °C (77 °F) in summer. It usually snows about three times a year. During the summer there can be sultry days. The ancient Roman name of Lanciano was Anxanum , a city of the Frentani Italic tribe. The city is said to have been founded in 1181 BC by Solimus, a Trojan refugee arrived in Italy along with Aeneas . Legends aside, archaeological findings have shown that

336-762: The fall of the Western Roman Empire . In the Middle Ages it was a fief of various lords including: the Courtenay or Cortinaccio, Philip I of Flanders , the Maramonte, the Counts of Monteodorisio, king Ferdinand I of Naples and the Colonna . After the abolishment of feudalism in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (early 19th century), the land was in misery. There was a brief recovery, but

357-461: The hamlet of Tornareccio. It includes a series of promontories that reach the vast floodplain of the Sangro. The village of Atessa winds on top of a relief from the crescent-shaped plant, isolated on the surrounding countryside, whose highest point is 473 meters, at the Villa Comunale. The watercourses that run through the municipal territory are numerous, mostly tributaries of the main rivers,

378-514: The revenues of the city's port to the Vatican Basilica . Later it was frequently at war with nearby Ortona . It was here that Pope Gregory XII , fleeing from Cividale, landed on Neapolitan territory (1409), and went thence to Gaeta . After the end of the Italian Wars , the new Spanish rule and the shift of commerce due to the discovery of America impoverished Lanciano, which, in 1640, became

399-536: The school building on Via Cavour. The girls are housed in the Town's oldest Inn, Antica Locanda Allegria. The School offers grades 9, 10, 11 and 12, and students may enroll for a single semester or for up to three academic years (two semesters per year). CCI is inspected by the Ministry of Education in the province of Ontario, Canada and students earn credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma . CCI

420-530: The school is, "To provide a unique environment in which students experience a Renaissance: Academically, Socially and Culturally." The main school building is a 14th-century three story stone and brick palazzo which is located on Via Cavour. This was a family home as early as the 1300s, and was later used as the Canadian Headquarters for troops during the World War II . CCI Boys live on the top floor of

441-892: Was awarded the Gold Medal to Military Valour by President Luigi Einaudi . Apart from the city of Lanciano, the comune (municipality) of the same name contains 33 contrade . The population of the contrade has been estimated (as of 2005) at 12,682. They are: Camicie, Colle Campitelli, Colle Pizzuto, Costa di Chieti, Follani, Fontanelle, Gaeta, Iconicella, Madonna del Carmine, Marcianese, Nasuti, re di Coppe, Rizzacorno, Sabbioni, San Iorio, Santa Croce, Santa Giusta, Santa Liberata, Santa Maria dei Mesi, Sant'Amato, Santa Nicolina, Sant'Egidio, Sant'Onofrio, Serre, Serroni, Spaccarelli, Torremarino, Torre Sansone, Villa Andreoli, Villa Carminello, Villa Elce, Villa Martelli, Villa Pasquini, Villa Stanazzo. The Lanciano football team used to play in serie b but this season (2027/18) played in prima categoria and won

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