The Church of St. John the Baptist is in the hamlet of Villa Pera Comunanza . The Church has a simple style with a sloping roof. A plaque above the entrance , part of the recent renovation , shows an enlargement of 1782 , commissioned by the Joseph family Pascali . These were landowners and the Factory Experimental Bacologico , which was the first industry of Comunanza, which still remain , in…

The church was originally Romanesque – Gothic; it is located in the upper part of the country and presents a simple facade in travertine. The interior has been restructured several times, has two paintings by Giulio Cantalamessa. Our Lady of the Rosary and Our Lady Of Loreto. Moreover, the Church preserves altars in terracotta.

Along the road “Valdaso top”, it is the church of Santa Maria in Casalicchio. In past centuries it was a sanctuary. The original church had a single nave and altar facing the people, but only in half of the ‘400, on the left flank, was added a new nave adjoins the former by opening four arches and the elevation of three square pillars. The recent restoration has brought to light three distinct…

The Church of St. Maria della Rocca is one of the most important local monuments and its location was once distant from the inhabited city. In its place, there was a Longobard castle and a small church belonging to Longino D’Azzone, local nobleman of French German origins. In 1039 the castle and the small church were given to the Farfa Abbey and thus, to the Benedictine monks. As testified by an epigraph,…

Santa Maria delle Scalelle is a medieval church, located outside the town of Roccafluvione. Inside it was kept the original statue of Our Lady of Santa Maria delle Scalelle, then stolen. Starting from the eleventh century, the whole area of Fluvione came under the jurisdiction of Farfa, which favored a significant economic, cultural and above all religious, as the numerous churches including those of Marsyas ( crypt VIII – IX sec ….

Opened in March 2002, the museum is housed in the former century seminary and houses works of art from Montalto and its villages of Porchia and Patrignone. In addition to the rich vestments embroidered in gold thread belonging to the first bishops of the city (especially remembers the planet Francesco Saverio Castiglioni, elevated to the papal throne with the name of Pius VIII in 1829), in the charming display can be seen…

Its foundation dates from the second half of the twelfth century. Interest in this Church has been greatly increased by the discovery of two stone slabs, stained glass made in the thirties after restoration works that have affected the area presbiterale’edificio, was built of sandstone, with a mix of arena-union and lime; the original plant, more compact dimensions, was a single nave, with east-west orientation and semicircular apse. On the eastern side…

The museum of sacred art of Montemonaco is housed in the former church of San Biagio, an ancient place of worship dating back to Roman. The collection houses numerous wooden sculptures from the city area, including will be remembered a crucifix of the thirteenth century from the Church of St. George Island, a Madonna Art Abruzzo and Marche of the early sixteenth century, some superb works of the seventeenth century made for…

Established in December 1999 and deployed in the oratory of St. Catherine, he collects paintings, jewelery and wooden works of our churches. A canvas by Giuseppe Ghezzi the “San Liborio”, a silver cross of the XV sec., The reliquary of St. Ercolano century. XIV and a thirteenth-century St. Crucifix. Opening times in August 2015: August daily: 10,00 / 12,30

In the church of fourteenth-century structure that houses the splendid fresco of the “Last Judgement”, the Museum of Sacred Art houses many relics; between them stands the wonderful architectural relic in copper and silver gilt, enamel and filigree, the XV-XVI centuries, the workshop of Peter Ascoli Vannini. The work includes a reliquary in the oldest relic of the Holy Cross donated in 1289 by Pope Nicholas IV Ascoli to the convent of…