Cadogan was highly successful in this endeavour, destroying or capturing numerous French and Italian ships off Vasto and other ports on the French-held coastline.
Lu indialett di lu Uašt (the dialect of Vasto) is a Romance language spoken in the town of Vasto.
Marcello Macchia (Vasto, Italy, August 2, 1978) is an Italian actor and comedian.
On 22 Mar 1813, boats from HMS Havannah captured a large trabaccoló armed with three 9-pounders, and burnt a similar one laden with oil, under the town of Vasto.
In the middle of 12th century the Del Vasto family branched again into several lines, governing smaller marquisates, such as Saluzzo (from 1135 to 1548), Finale (ruled by the Del Carretto from 1135 to 1602), Ceva, Busca and Clavesana.
In 1957, during the Algerian War, del Vasto started with other known people (General de Bollardière, François Mauriac, Robert Barrat, etc.) a movement of protest against torture.
He was elected Archbishop of Chieti on July 14, 1553; he succeeded his brother Barnardino Maffei as archbishop.