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Shrine of Saint Gabriele dell’Addolorata – Isola del Gran Sasso
The Shrine of San Gabriele is a place of popular worship, one of the top 15 shrines most visited in the world. This is thanks to the two million pilgrims who ...
St Joseph’s Church – Teramo
The façade of Saint Joseph’s Church was entirely compromised over the years. Although today it is closed to the public and available only for special catholic ...
Abbey of Saint Mary of Propezzano
The building compound of Saint Mary of Propezzano was erected on the very spot where, according to the tradition, the Madonna appeared in 715. Since then and ...
X cent (1)
Church of St Mary a Vico
The Church of St Mary a Vico near Sant’Omero was built on the remains of a pagan temple dedicated to Hercules. It is thought to be the only Abruzzo’s monument ...
XI cent (2)
Abbey of St Mary in Montesanto
St Mary’s Abbey is on the quiet hill of Montesanto, in the deep tranquil atmosphere set by the vicinity of the hills of Teramo. It is among the most suggestive ...
St Nicola’s Church
First founded in the 11 th century and rebuilt in 1256, St Nicola’s Church was converted several times over the centuries. The portal stands out from the ...
XII cent (7)
Church of St Mary di Ronzano
This isolated church in the Valley of the Mavone River is one of most characteristic monuments of the Middle Ages in Abruzzo. Almost certainly, it was built in ...
Abbey of St John ad Insulam
The Abbey of St John ad Insulam is located in the deep countryside of the Sicilian Valley, at the foot of the Gran Sasso peaks. Its edifice is considered one ...
St Martin’s Church
In 1188 The Papal bull of Clement III referred to St Martin’s Church as ‘ad Gaglianum’. Although the building underwent drastic renovation works over the 19 th ...
Abbey of St Clement al Vomano
After a long period of restoration works, the abbey reopened to the public in 2008. According to many, there is a relation between the Abbey of St Clement al ...
St Berard’s Church
The Cathedral of Teramo (dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary) – also known as the ‘Duomo’ – begun in 1158 with Bishop Guido ...
St Vito’s Church
St Vito’s Church, historically dependent upon the Abbey of Farfa, was built by the Benedictines in the 12 th century. It presents the typical ground plan – i.e. ...
Church of Madonna of Mercy
The church already existing in 1153 used to be a monastery of Benedictine Sisters known as Church of St Angelo of the Women. In 1448, Pope Eugenio IV gave ...
XIII cent (5)
Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption – Atri
The cathedral of Atri is one of the most important examples of Romanesque style in Abruzzo. Consecrated in 1223 it was rebuilt between the 13 th and ...
St Francis’ Church
This church along Corso Adriano (high street) was built around 1230 perhaps thanks to Saint Friar Filippo Longo of Atri. He was Saint Francis’ seventh friar brother. ...
St Peter’s Church
The small country church is to be found around Campovalano’s plain, nearby the ruins of a Benedictine convent. Founded in the 8 th century it was rebuilt ...
St Clare’s Church
The church erected in the 13 th century and refurbished in the 16 th century was realized thanks to its benefactor Giosua I of Acquaviva. A classic fifteenth-century ...
St Anthony’s Church – Teramo
St Anthony’s Church, previously of Saint Francis, was built in 1227. A hundred years later it was largely developed and restored. Initially there was ...
XIV cent (8)
Shrine of Madonna of Holy Saturday (part of Saint Agnes’ Church)
St Agnes’ Parish was once of modest dimensions; it was built on top of Roman ancient building vestiges, although documents date it back to 1227. Its present ...
Church of Saint John the Baptist – Atri
This church also known as St Domenico’s Church was built in 1322 and then largely changed during the 16 th and the 18 th century. The lower part of its façade ...
St Francis Church
St Francis Church is the oldest religious building in Campli, built in the 14 th century right in the historic centre of the town. It presents the unmistakable ...
St Francis’ Church
The church was founded first in the 14 th century when Roberto d’Angió was reining. It still presents part of the ancient wall with its regular recurring motifs ...
St Lucas Church – Teramo
The small church, today restored and opened to the public, was first mentioned in 1372 as the house of Roberto di Melatino. Still fixed above the door’s lintel ...
St Augustine’s Church
Church and convent of Saint Augustine were built in 1326 on the spot of a previous sacred building dedicated to Saint James. The church had an attached cloister ...
Saints Peter and Paul’s Church
The Parish of Fano Adriano was erected in 1355 on the ruins of an ancient Roman temple. It features elegant forms of the sixteenth century. The portal looks impressive ...
St Leucio’s Church
St Leucio’s Church, the patron of Pietracamela, is at the entrance of the village. Its origin dates back to the Middle Ages. Inside there are Baroque altars, ...
XV cent (9)
Church of St John the Baptist
This is a well-known Gothic-style church of the 15 th century, erected just outside Campli’s historic centre, close to the fourteenth- century Porta Angioina, ...
St Anthony’s Church– Montorio al Vomano
Although the church’s groundwork is unknown, it is believed it was built before the Order of Friars Minor (i.e. before ‘500). It was first dedicated to Saint ...
St Donato’s Church
The small rural church of St Donato is one kilometre away from Castelli. It was erected on the spot of an agrestic chapel of the late 15 th century. Its fame ...
Convent and Shrine of St Mary of Lumi
The Convent and Shrine of St Mary of Lumi is at the entrance of Civitella del Tronto. It was first erected in the 16 th century (its foundation attributed to ...
Church of St Mary of the Angels
The church is better known as ‘Scopa’, a name taken from the broom that the Confraternity of the Angels (or Laudi) used for self-flagellation. The tradition ...
Shrine of Madonna della Laga
The church is at the entrance of the tiny and suggestive mountainous village of Padula, at almost 1,000 meters. It was erected in the 15 th century and restored ...
St Sinforosa’s Church
The Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption - Saint Sinforosa - is a church of the first half of 1400. It has two beautiful small portals by Nicola da Penne (15 ...
Church of St Anthony Abbot
It is a rural small fifteenth-century church to be found in the upper part of the village. It presents only one nave covered with a wood-trussed roof and no apse. ...
Church of St Mary of the Angels
The Parish of St Mary of the Angels is in Vittorio Emanuele Square, right in the historic centre of the village. According to the legend, the church was founded ...
XVI cent (8)
Church of Madonna della Tibia
It is a small church built on a rocky spur with an impressive backdrop. At its interior it presents a gilt, painted wooden altar in Baroque-style of late 17 th ...
St Flaviano’s Dome – Giulianova
The dome rises in the historical centre of Giulianova old town. Its building started the decade between 1472 and 1481, along with those of the most important ...
St Rocco’s Church – Montorio al Vomano
St Rocco’s Church is in Piazza Orsini, the main square of Montorio. Its façade is a composition of two distinct elements, which come together lightly ...
Church of the ‘Zoccolanti’
The inhabitants of Montorio called their church ‘Zoccolanti’ after the noise produced by the Observant Minor Friars who wore wooden clogs during processions. ...
Convent of the Capuchin monks – Montorio al Vomano
Diomede Carafa, count of Montorio, built the Convent of the Capuchin monks in 1576, however it was consecrated only in 1621 and dedicated to Saint Mary's Health. ...
St Lorenzo’s Church
The parish dedicated to the patron Saint Lorenzo Martyr was built in a spot known today as Largo Vinciguerra. In 1557 it became a rampart during the attacks of ...
Shrine of Madonna of Splendour
The apparition of the Virgin Mary The legend tells that on the 22 nd of April of 1557 a farmer called Bertolino, saw a dazzling light ...
St Domenico’s Church – Teramo
This church is located in the very historic centre of Teramo and many believe it is the most beautiful of the town. It was built around the ...
XVII cent (2)
Church and ex Franciscan Convent
Both edifices were built in the 17 th century on the hill overlooking the village. In the past the church and the convent lodged the State Institute of Art ‘F.A. ...
Church of Saint Mary in Platea
The Church of Saint Mary in Platea is in Piazza Farnese, Campli’s main square. It was built in the late 14 th century on the ruins of an older building. Already ...
XVIII cent (3)
St Reparata’s Church
St Reparata’s Church is a beautiful example of neoclassic-style in architecture. It was dedicated to the patroness saint and attached to the cathedral , on the ...
Shrine of Holy Stairs – Campli
In 1772, Pope Clement XIV acknowledged to the town of Campli the supreme ownership of the Holy Stairs. The Holy Stairs is by St Paul’s Church and made of 28 ...
Church of St John the Baptist
The Parish of Saint John the Baptist of the 17 th century is located in the main square of the village. A Renaissance portal stands out from the façade. The ...
XX cent (1)
St Liberator’s Church – Atri
Around 1935 the church underwent refurbishing works to honour Atri’s fallen soldiers. High up on the stonework façade an inscription says ‘In Deo vivunt pro patria ...
