in 1434. It has two floors and on the ground floor there are antique shops, with external bank according to the Roman use. Transport Lanciano railway station San Vito-Lanciano railway station Honours Gold Medal of Military Valor. Subdivisions Apart from the city of Lanciano, the comune (municipality) of the same name contains 33 contrade. The population of the contrade has been estimated (as of 2005) at 12,682. They are: Camicie, Colle Campitelli, Colle Pizzuto, Costa di Chieti, Follani, Fontanelle, Gaeta, Iconicella, Madonna del Carmine, Marcianese, Nasuti, re di Coppe, Rizzacorno, Sabbioni, San Iorio, Santa Croce, Santa Giusta, Santa Liberata, Santa Maria dei Mesi, Sant'Amato, Santa Nicolina, Sant'Egidio, Sant'Onofrio, Serre, Serroni, Spaccarelli, Torremarino, Torre Sansone, Villa Andreoli, Villa Carminello, Villa Elce, Villa Martelli, Villa Pasquini, Villa Stanazzo. The Lanciano football team used to play in serie b but this season (2027/18) played in prima categoria and won the championship getting a promotion so that the next year Lanciano 1920 will be able to play in promozione. Education Canadian College Italy is located in Lanciano. There are also other schools, from nursery to high schools. As far as high schools are concerned lanciano has a liceo scientifico, a liceo classico, a liceo delle scienze umane, a liceo artistico, a liceo linguistico, a liceo economico sociale, a ragioneria, a geometra, an istituto tecnico industriale and an istituto tecnico professionale. Lanciano has 4 secondary schools and 8 primary schools and two of those are private schools led by two different nunneries. Notable people Camillo Pace (Paglieta, 1862–1948), Protestant pastor. Francesco Morone (born 1956), professional fingerstyle guitar player. Dario Cataldo (born 1985), professional cyclist and winner of the Queen Stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España. Twinnings Berazategui, Argentina Qala, Malta, since 2005 Perho, Finland Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, since 2002 Visegrád, Hungary, since 2006 See also Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lanciano-Ortona Miracle of Lanciano References