Chiesa di Santa Maria a Terme

Built in the ninth century, sandstone, on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Dionysus which are columns in blocks of travertine marble, is located at the heart of the late Roman settlement of “Interamnia Poletina Piceni”. And ‘in high style medieval, rectangular in shape, and has the apse divided into three by pilasters, with two gargoyles and mullioned windows in the side walls, blind arches along the perimeter and in the facade, perhaps apotropaic functions, interesting zoomorphic and symbolic elements phytomorphic. The interior, partially reconstructed, has a single nave, divided into three bays, with a barrel vault and you can see the remains of frescoes dating back to the thirteenth century, a band carved interlaced phytomorphic along the apse and, attached to the walls four capitals remains of the crypt, entered after the restoration of 1960.