An interview to Giuliano Zaccardelli, Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who left Prezza as a child in 1954, on the early poor years in Montreal, the memories of his family and their experiencei. Then his fight against crime, his Canadian identity and Abruzzese heritage of hard work and stubborness.

Great article on the history and importance of Ortona. Through the century from the original settlement of the Frentani, it grew to the south and east, leaving the coast and moving towards the countryside. A strategic center in the Middle Ages, then a slow decadence. A strong Eastern influence in the culture, lanuage and architecture as in many Adriatic centres. In a key position between the Northern Adriatic and the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire throughout the Middle Ages, until in 1447, the harbor was destroyed by the people of Venice. Alfonso d'Aragona ordered in 1448 a massive castle to be built, while the population had moved to the newer district of Terranuova, surrounded by walls.

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