I monumenti
Tutti i monumenti di Sulmona
I luoghi e i capolavori attorno a cui vale la pena costruire una giornata.
ChiesaGemma nascostaAbbazia di San Clemente a CasauriaA Benedictine abbey founded in 871 with a 12th-century Romanesque church famed for its 1191 bronze doors, now state-managed, restored after the 2009 earthquake and reopened with an on-site museum.Pianifica la visita
CastelloGemma nascostaCastello CaldoraA medieval castle of 11th-15th-century origin with a trapezoidal plan, square towers and three circular bastions, dominating the hill-town of Pacentro near Sulmona.
ChiesaEremo di Sant'Onofrio al MorroneCelestine V's cliff hermitage, Morrone mountainside perch, frescoed oratory, Peligna valley panoramaPietro da Morrone prayed on this cliff ledge before the cardinals climbed up to make him Pope Celestine V. The white hermitage still clings to the mountainside, its small oratory frescoed and the whole Peligna valley spread below.
Nei dintorni
Nel raggio di una gita
Altri monumenti in Abruzzo, a una gita di distanza.
Santo Stefano di SessanioSanto Stefano di SessanioMedici mountain borgo, scattered-hotel revival, lentil terraces, stone lanes intact
L'AquilaCampo ImperatoreLittle Tibet plateau, Gran Sasso backdrop, Mussolini's mountain prison, transhumance pastures
AtriCattedrale di AtriAndrea De Litio fresco cycle, Abruzzo's Sistine choir, Roman cistern crypt, calanchi badlands setting
CalascioRocca CalascioApennine fortress at 1460 meters, Gran Sasso panoramas, Ladyhawke film location, Santa Maria della Pieta chapel
L'AquilaBasilica di Santa Maria di CollemaggioPink and white checkerboard facade, Celestine V's tomb, Holy Door pardon, post-quake rebirth
ScannoLago di ScannoHeart-shaped mountain lake, landslide origin, Sagittario gorges approach, photographers' village above
FossacesiaGemma nascostaCastello di RoccascalegnaA medieval castle (12th-16th c.) perched dramatically on an overhanging rocky outcrop above the village, restored in the late 20th century and now open to visitors.
L'AquilaGemma nascostaCunicoli di ClaudioA Roman hydraulic complex built under Emperor Claudius c. 52 AD to drain the Fucine Lake - the longest tunnel in the world until 1871 - a national monument set within the Archaeological Park of Claudius.