CHIETI, an important and flourishing city of Naples, capital of the province of Abruzzo Citriore, situated on a hill near the Pescara, 40 miles E. of Aquila. It is the seat of an archbishop, and has a fine cathedral, college, hospital, several convents, and a handsome theatre. Chieti commands a fine view of the surrounding country and the Adriatic, from which it is six miles distant. Pop. 14,000. Its chief productions are corn, wine, oil, silk and woollen goods, &c. It occupies the site of the ancient Teate, which gave name to an order of monks in the sixteenth century. It has remains of a large theatre, two temples, a gateway, and mosaic pavement.