Chieti 2025111 211147840 2008-05-08T23:42:14Z CeeKay 412329 /* Culture */ {{Infobox CityIT | img_coa = Chieti-Stemma.png| official_name = Comune di Chieti| name=Chieti| region = [[Abruzzo]] | province = [[Province of Chieti|Chieti]] (CH) | elevation_m = 330| area_total_km2 = 58 | population_as_of = [[december 31]], [[2004]]| population_total = 56127| population_density_km2 =865| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]], [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]+1 | coordinates = {{coor dm|42|21|N|14|10|E}} | frazioni = Bascelli, Brecciarola, Buonconsiglio-fontanella, Carabba, Cerratina, Colle dell'ara, Colle Marcone, Crocifisso, De Laurentis Vallelunga, Filippone, Fonte Cruciani, Iachini, La Torre, Madonna del Freddo, Madonna della Vittoria, Santa Filomena, Selvaiezzi, Vacrone Cascini, Vacrone Colle San Paolo, Vacrone Villa Cisterna, Vallepara, Villa Obletter, Villa Reale, San Salvatore | telephone = 0871| postalcode = 66100, 66013| gentilic = Teatini / Chietini| saint = [[Justin of Chieti|San Giustino of Chieti]]| day = [[May 11]] | mayor = Francesco Ricci | website = [http://www.comune.chieti.it www.comune.chieti.it] | mapx=42.36| mapy=14.15| }}'''Chieti''' is a city in central [[Italy]], 200 km northeast of [[Rome]]. It is the capital of the [[Province of Chieti]] in the [[Abruzzo|Abruzzo region]]. [[image:Chieti kirche 01.jpg|thumb|left|The belltower of the Cathedral of Chieti.]] Chieti lies on a crest along the [[Aterno-Pescara|Pescara River]] a few kilometers away from the [[Adriatic Sea]], and with the [[Maiella]] and [[Gran Sasso]] mountains in the background. ==History== As '''''Theate Marrucinorum''''', Chieti was the chief town of the [[Marrucini]], the whole of whose territory was placed under its municipal jurisdiction by the Romans, after the [[Social War (91–88 BC)|Social War]]. During World War II Chieti, as it was not bombed because it was declared an [[Open City]] (like Rome), welcomed many refugees from the near towns and villages. Allied forces liberated the city on June 9, 1944, one day after the Germans left the city. ==Main sights== *The [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]]'' Cathedral''. Under the church of'' SS. Pietro e Paolo'' and the adjoining houses are extensive substructures (in opus reticulatum and brickwork) of the [[1st century]] CE, belonging to a building erected by M. Vectius Marcellus (probably mentioned by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]], H.N., II., 199) and [[Helvidia Priscilla]]. There are also remains of large reservoirs and of an ancient theatre. New excavations are currently under way on the site of the former Campo Sportivo. ==Culture== The [[Theatines|Theatine order]] is named for Chieti, as one of its founders, [[Pope Paul IV|Giovanni Pietro Carafa, later Pope Paul IV]] was [[bishop of Chieti]]. {{commons|Chieti}} ==Education== The [[University of Chieti]] (''Università G. d'Annunzio - Chieti e Pescara'') is based in Chieti and [[Pescara]] and hosts about 35,000 students, covering areas of Architecture, Arts and Philosophy, Economics, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Management, Medicine, Pharmacy, Psychology, Sciences, Social Sciences and Sports Medicine. ==References== *[http://www.inside-abruzzo.com/ Inside Abruzzo... insider tips uncovered] *{{1911}} <BR> {{Province of Chieti}} {{Abruzzo-geo-stub}} [[Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo]] [[ar:كييتي]] [[br:Chieti]] [[bg:Киети]] [[ca:Chieti]] [[de:Chieti]] [[es:Chieti]] [[eo:Chieti]] [[fr:Chieti]] [[id:Chieti]] [[it:Chieti]] [[la:Teate]] [[nl:Chieti (stad)]] [[ja:キエーティ]] [[nap:Chieti]] [[no:Chieti]] [[nn:Chieti]] [[pms:Chieti]] [[pl:Chieti]] [[pt:Chieti]] [[ro:Chieti]] [[ru:Кьети]] [[simple:Chieti]] [[sv:Chieti]] [[vo:Chieti]]