page_title: Atessa
section_title: Main sights
hierarchical_section_title: Atessa / Main sights
caption_attribution_description: English: the column with the statue of St. Cristoforo to Atessa by night Italiano: La colonna con la statua di San Cristoforo ad Atessa di notte
context_page_description: Atessa is an municipality in the province of Chieti, Abruzzo, south-eastern Italy. It is part of the Val di Sangro mountain community. It is the largest municipality in the province by extension and eighth by population.
context_section_description: The city  preserves the historical center in 17th-century, late Renaissance style, with few remains of the ancient medieval walls in the urban gates of San Michele, San Giuseppe, San Nicola and Santa Margherita. The city is divided into two sections: the first is the oldest, represented by the bulk of the Cathedral of San Leucio, and at its end, towards the plain of the Sangro, from the fortified church of Santa Croce; while the second section is crossed by the Corso Vittorio Emanuele, and passes through the Arch 'Ndriano (former Porta San Nicola), from Piazza Garibaldi to the hill of San Cristoforo, from the votive column raised on the top.
caption: Colun of St. Christopher.
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