Chieti (It. Provincia di Chieti) is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Chieti. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Abruzzo, (also known as Abruzzi, an older obsolete plural denomination) is a region of southern Italy, formerly a part of the Abruzzi e Molise region (with Molise). ... Chieti is a city in central Italy, 100 km northeast of Rome. ...
It has an area of 2,588 sq km, and a total population of 382,076 (2001). There are 104 communes in all (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link).
Chieti lies on a crest along the Pescara river with its unmistakable profile with the high belltower of San Giustino against the sky, a few km away from the Adriatic Sea, and with the Majella and Gran Sasso mountains in the background. It was a Roman town with the name of Teate, and an important medieval centre, so that Roman and medieval ruins are found side by side.
CHIETI, a city of,the Abruzzi, Italy, the capital of the province of Chieti, and the seat of an archbishop, 140 m.
To the north of Chieti is the octagonal church of S. Maria del Tricaglio, erected in 1317, which is said (without reason) to stand upon the site of a temple of Diana.
Under the Lombards Chieti formed part of the duchy of Benevento; it was destroyed by Pippin in 801, but was soon rebuilt and became the seat of a count.
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