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508  SOUTHERN IT AL Y

The 13th-century Duomo
occupies the site of a Roman
bath; the crypt was once a
swimming pool, and fragments
of the original mosaic floor are
visible in the apse. Also in the
apse is Andrea Delitio’s beautiful
15th-century fresco cycle, in
which he combined landscape
and architecture in a variety
of religious scenes from the
Old and New Testaments.
The cloister has views of the
15th-century brick campanile.
Environs
South of Atri is the hill-town of
Penne, with its homogeneous
The pink-and-white-stone façade of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L’Aquila buildings of reddish brick,
which give it a wonderful,
1 L’Aquila San Bernardino, on Via di San warm glow. East of Atri, Loreto
Bernardino, houses the tomb Aprutino is known for The Last
* 73,000. V @ n Via XX
Settembre 10 (800 502 520). ( daily. (1505) of San Bernardino of Judgment fresco (14th century)
∑ abruzzoturismo.it Siena. The church (built 1454– in Santa Maria in Piano.
72), has a façade (1527) by
Abruzzo’s capital lies at the foot Cola dell’Amatrice and an
of the Gran Sasso, at 2,912 m 18th-century carved ceiling by
(9,554 ft) the highest point of Ferdinando Mosca. The bell
the Italian mainland south of tower collapsed in the 2009
the Alps (and good for skiing). earthquake. The second chapel
Its ancient streets are peppered in the south aisle has an
with churches. In April 2009 an altarpiece by Andrea della
earthquake, measuring 6.3 in Robbia, the Renaissance artist.
magnitude, struck central Italy The medieval Fontanelle
with the epicentre close to delle Novantanove Cannelle
L’Aquila. Many of the historical at the end of Via San Iacopo is a
churches and buildings fountain commemorating the
described below have been 99 villages that Frederick II
seriously damaged by the supposedly united when he
quake. Restoration work is being founded L’Aquila in 1240.
carried out on many buildings, The Museo Nazionale
so do check with the tourist d’Abruzzo, in the 16th-century
office before visiting. castle, contains the remains of
The domed Santa Giusta a prehistoric elephant, Roman Detail from 15th-century fresco by Andrea
(1257), off Via Santa Giusta, has a artifacts and religious works. Delitio in Atri’s Duomo
rose window and a Martyrdom
of St Stephen (1615) by Cavalier E Museo Nazionale d’Abruzzo
d’Arpino. Santa Maria di Temporarily housed in front of the 3 Sulmona
Paganica, off Via Paganica, has a Novanta nove Cannelle. Tel 0862 487 42 L’Aquila. * 26,000. V @ n Corso
14th-century façade and a 97. Open 9am–7pm Tue–Sun. & 7 Ovidio 208 (0864 532 76). ( Wed &
carved portal. The Duomo Sat. _ Sep: International Exhibition
(1257) in Piazza del of Contemporary Art.
Duomo was rebuilt 2 Atri ∑ comune.sulmona.aq.it
in the 18th century. Teramo. * 12,000. @ n
The massive church 0861 24 42 22. ( Mon. This town is famous as the
of Santa Maria di ∑ comune.atri.te.it home of both Ovid and confetti
Collemaggio, (sugared almonds). At weddings
on Piazza di Detail of Fontanelle delle The prettiest in a guests are given confetti for good
Collemaggio, has a Novantanove Cannelle in series of small hill- luck. Sulmona is filled with ancient
façade of pink and L’Aquila towns in Abruzzo, buildings, especially along
white stone. It was Atri is a warren of medieval Via dell’Ospedale.
built in the 13th century by stepped streets, alleys and The Palazzo dell’Annunziata,
Pietro dal Morrone, who later passages bound by mostly brick founded in 1320, combines
became Pope Celestine V. and stone churches and houses. Gothic and Renaissance styles.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp576–7 and pp600–605

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