Religious Places

he Benedictine abbey of San Vincenzo al Volturno is located about two kilometers from the headwaters of the river of the same name, in a favorable pos… Read the rest

The frescoes decorating the Crypt of Epiphanius are among the most important testimonies of early medieval European painting, due to their technical a… Read the rest

The ´hermitage è one of the most important places of worship on the Majella; restoration work is underway on it. The´… Read the rest

Construction of the church and oratory of St. Philip Neri began in the mid-17th century and was completed in 1677. In the beginning, however, the cong… Read the rest

The church of St. Clare in Sulmona has thirteenth-century origins linked to the name of the blessed Florisenda da Palena, who between 1260 and 1269 fo… Read the rest

There are various legends about St. Romedius, and the best known is surely the one about a bear. The story goes that the now elderly hermit Romedius w… Read the rest

The chapel has a very simple architectural structure: it is a single nave covered by a barrel vault, with a small apse covered by a cross vault. The i… Read the rest

Construction began in 1386 at the behest of Archbishop Antonio da Saluzzo and Gian Galeazzo Visconti, then lord of the city. It rose in the area prev… Read the rest

The abbey of Mont Saint Michelè situated on the top of a small rocky island near the northern coast of France. The islet has a diameter of about 960 m… Read the rest

Its very simple facade still retains the characters of the original architecture. The door on the main facade is no longer used as an entrance, but or… Read the rest