Spoltore (locally Spuldórë) is a comune and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy, with a population of c. 17,000.

In 1928, Spoltore was annexed into Pescara, but separated from it again on 1 September 1947.

On 25 May 2014, the town residents, alongside the residents of neighboring cities of Montesilvano and Pescara voted in a referendum on merging into a single city. Spoltore voters approved the merger with 4892 (51.15%) Yes votes against 4672 (48.85%) No votes. The regional law approving the merger was passed on 8 August 2018, the deadline for the merger was set to be 1 January 2022, but it was later pushed back to 2023 and again to 2027.

View of Spoltore.

Personality

  • Giuseppangelo Fonzi (1768-1840), dental surgeon and dental technician known for having improved the dental prostheses.