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Vasto

Also known as Histonium

Vasto is a coastal town in the province of Chieti in Abruzzo, Italy, on the Adriatic. As Histonium it was a centre of the Frentani and then a Roman municipium. In the early modern period it was held by the d'Avalos family, marquesses of Vasto, and its old town overlooks the Gulf of Vasto.

Vasto
Image: Luca from Vasto, Roma, Italia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Vasto. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/vasto
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