Chieti

The city is made up of two main nuclei, Chieti Alta and Chieti Scalo.

Chieti Alta is the oldest part of the city and includes the historic center which, located on the hill, houses numerous remains and buildings in various styles that tell of the many historical phases crossed by the Theatine capital.

Chieti Scalo is instead the new and more commercial part of the city. Lying in the valley north of the hill and extending to the right bank of the Aterno-Pescara river, it developed mainly following the route of the ancient Via Tiburtina Valeria (which in the urban stretch is renamed and divided into via Aterno, viale Abruzzo, viale Benedetto Croce and viale Unità d'Italia) and the railway that crosses it.

Thanks to the remarkable development of this part of the city in recent decades, today Chieti is well integrated with all the surrounding municipalities and is part of the large metropolitan coastal area of ??central Abruzzo, shared with Pescara, which reaches a total population of about 450,000. inhabitants.

Chieti, especially in the Chieti Scalo area, is also populated by numerous university students who attend the campus of the Gabriele d'Annunzio University.

Map: Chieti