Sangro
The Sangro is a river in eastern central Italy, known in ancient times as Sagrus from the Greek Sagros or Isagros, Ισαγρος. It rises in the middle of Abruzzo National Park near Pescasseroli in the Apennine Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Italy
- Also known as: “Sangro River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fossacesia-Torino di Sangro railway station and Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro.
Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro
Nature reserve
Photo: Zitumassin, Public domain.
Riserva naturale regionale Lecceta di Torino di Sangro is a nature reserve.
Sangro River War Cemetery
Cemetery
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Sangro River War Cemetery is a British and Commonwealth war cemetery sited by a hillside near Torino di Sangro in the Province of Chieti, Italy. In this cemetery are buried 2,542 soldiers from the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth who died in World War II defending the shoreline near the Sangro River against the retreating German soldiers on the Winter Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Morge and Rocca San Giovanni.
Le Morge
Locality
Le Morge is a frazione on the Adriatic Sea in the Province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy. Le Morge is situated 4 km southeast of Sangro.
Rocca San Giovanni
Village
Rocca San Giovanni is a comune and town in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia. Rocca San Giovanni is situated 7 km west of Sangro.
Sangro
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Torino di Sangro, Chieti, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Sangro” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانغرو”
- Armenian: “Սանգրո”
- Asturian: “Ríu Sangro”
- Basque: “Sangro”
- Bosnian: “Sangro”
- Catalan: “Sangro”
- Chinese: “桑格羅河”
- Chuvash: “Сангро”
- Dutch: “Sangro”
- Estonian: “Sangro”
- French: “Sangro”
- Galician: “Río Sangro”
- German: “Sangro”
- Hungarian: “Sangro”
- Irish: “Sangro”
- Italian: “Sangro”
- Japanese: “サングロ川”
- Korean: “산그로강”
- Latin: “Sagrus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Sangro”
- Polish: “Sangro”
- Russian: “Сангро”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sangro”
- Spanish: “Río Sangro”
- Spanish: “Sangro”
- Swedish: “Sangro”
- Venetian: “Fiume Sangro”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Borgata Marina and Lago Dragoni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spiaggia della Borgata Marina and Spiaggia di Marina.
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