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The Adriatic See seen from the highest part of the village of Vasto. Called Histonium in Latin and Histónion in ancient Greek, it originated in the 12th century BC in which the first Greek, Illyrian and Frentana populations settled in what would later become in 91 BC the Roman Municipality of Histonium, an important fishing village and port of the Adriatic until its destruction by the Lombards in the Middle Ages. Rebuilt as a stronghold during the Lordship of the Caldora, it was reborn in the Aragonese period with the D'Avalos family, raising the center to the rank of City in 1710 by concession of Philip V of Spain and knowing a period of political, socio-economic and cultural growth with the proclamation of the Vastese Republic and the continuous artistic and literary production for which from the XIX century it was known as "Athens of the Abruzzi". It is currently the 2nd municipality in the province by population, the common leader of the Costa dei Trabocchi and of the Vastese district. |