Pollutri, Province of Chieti, Abruzzo

Info

• Altitude: 180 m a.s.l
• Distance from Chieti: 72 km
• Population: ca. 2300 inhabitants in 2011
• Postal code: 66020
• Dialing Area Code: +39 0873
• Frazioni: Civita, Crivella, Martina, Piano Croce, Piano Palme, Piano Valle, San Barbato
• How to reach it: by motorway, A14 exit Vasto Nord.

History

What to see

• The sanctuary of Madonna dei Miracoli, built after a miraculous vision. On 11 june 1576 there was a terrible hail and Alessandro Muzio, an old peasant from Pollutri went to check what had happened to his wheatfield in the Piana del Lago. Before he could reach it, he heard the church bells and knelt down to pray: right at that moment he saw Our Lady, who told him his field was spared, since he had prayed, and invited him to tell the parish priest that the other peasants had been punished for not respecting the Third Commandment. A chapel was built on the place, and the peasant's son became a priest and wrote down his father's story on a paper that is still kept in the sanctuary.
• The Palazzo del Re
• The Palazzo D'Agostino
• The Bosco di Don Venanzio, a forest is named after his last owner. 3 miles from the sea, it is one of the last great forests that once followed the course of rivers in the plains. This green sanctuary is protected against any human damage, tree cuts, plant and flower picking are forbidden, no roads or buildings can be made.

Events and Festivities

• August: Grapes and Wine festival
• 5 December: Broad beans festival; the beans are boiled in six giant pots, then sold and eaten out of devotion for Saint Nicholas
• 6 December: Feast of San Nicola di Bari, protector of shepherds and patron saint of Pollutri.

Genealogy and Links

• Surnames presently recorded in Pollutri
• People researching in Pollutri
• Newspaper articles on Pollutri.

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