Abruzzo Citra
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Abruzzo Citra[1] or Abruzzo Citeriore was a province of the Kingdom of Naples established by Charles of Anjou when he divided Giustizierato of Abruzzo (founded by Frederick II) into two parts: Ultra flumen Aprutium Piscariae (Aprutium beyond the Pescara) and Aprutium citra flumen Piscariae (Aprutium this side of the Pescara).[2][3]
Geography
[edit]Abruzzo Citra was located south of the Pescara river and within the area of today's Abruzzo region of Italy, and for the most part within the present Province of Chieti; the seat was the city of Chieti.
Today the term citra is associated with table wines produced in this region of Abruzzo and exported overseas.[4]
Composition
[edit]The province comprised 3 districts:
- District of Chieti, established in 1806
- District of Lanciano, established in 1806
- District of Vasto, established in 1816
Each district was divided into 25 circumdari, each comprising 123 communes and 34 villages.
Bibliography
[edit]- Gabriello De Sanctis, ed. (1840). Dizionario statistico de' paesi del regno delle Due Sicilie. Napoli.
- Pompilio Petitti, ed. (1851). Repertorio amministrativo ossia collezione di leggi, decreti, reali rescritti ecc. sull'amministrazione civile del Regno delle Due Sicilie, vol. 1. Napoli: Stabilimento Migliaccio.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Abruzzi - Italy, Map, History, & Facts - Britannica". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
- ↑ Sanctis, Gabriello de (1840). Dizionario statistico de'paesi del regno delle due Sicilie (in Italian). Fibreno.
- ↑ Pacichelli, Giovanni Baptista (1703). "Il" Regno Di Napoli In Prospettiva: In cui descrivono la sua Metropoli Città di Napoli e le cose pià notabili e curiose cosà di natura come d'arte di essa (in Italian). Michele Luigi Mutio.
- ↑ "Citra: history of a winery in Abruzzo". Gambero Rosso International. 2022-12-23. Archived from the original on 2025-10-17. Retrieved 2026-05-01.