Collepardo (FR) - The Charterhouse of Trisulti

2015

The Charterhouse of Trisulti is a monastery located in the municipality of Collepardo, in the province of Frosinone. It has been a national monument since 1873. Since December 2014 it has been managed by the Lazio Museum Complex. It is located among oak woods, in the so-called Selva d'Ecio, at the foot of Mount Rotonaria (Monti Ernici), at an altitude of 825 m and 6 km north-east of the town. Immersed in the green of centuries-old forests lies this famous and majestic Certosa, founded in 1204 by the will of Pope Innocent III and entrusted, since 1208, to the Carthusian monks (hence the name "Certosa"). In 1947 they were replaced by the Cistercian monks of the Congregation of Casamari. In 2018 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage entrusted it in concession to the "Dignitatis Humanae Institute" Association. Inside it is possible to visit the Church with valuable works of art, the ancient Pharmacy of the seventeenth century. , the gardens, the refectory, the large cloister and the small cloister with the ancient cemetery of the monks.

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Amaseno (IPA: amaˈsɛːno, locally Masè) is an Italian town of 4,352 inhabitants in the province of Frosinone in Lazio. Church of San Pietro Apostolo; it dates back to the 14th century, in fact it is mentioned in some documents concerning the payment of taxes. Over the centuries the church underwent various changes, until 1749. In 1944 due to the bombing of the Second World War it was damaged and had to be restored. Some parts of the church are in the Gothic style. It has three naves and an 18th century apse. Church of Santa Maria dell'Auricola; it is located on the Auricola hill on a height of 270 meters. It dates back to the 13th century, in fact the church is mentioned in some documents of Pope Honorius II towards the beginning of the 13th century. According to some hypotheses, the church was founded by Cistercian monks. In 1893 the church passed into the hands of some bishops, who in turn entrusted it to the Franciscan fathers who had it restored. Like many other churches in the area, it suffered a lot of damage in the Second World War. Now the church is in the hands of the Curia of Ferentino. Church of Santa Maria Assunta; consecrated in 1177, it was probably completed at the end of the 13th century, the year in which the pulpit made by Pietro and Giacomo Gullimari de Piperno (Priverno) is dated. The church, which shows numerous Cistercian features, both in the plan and in the architectural sculpture, preserves interesting medieval and modern works of art inside. It also possesses the prodigious Blood of San Lorenzo martyr which melts on the occasion of the feast (10 August)

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Priverno. Cistercian Abbey of Fossanova.

Fossanova Abbey is located in the municipality of Priverno, 5 km south of the city center, in the province of Latina. The surrounding area has the appearance of a vicus and takes its name from a sewer that in the early days of the small village (now a hamlet of Priverno) was called Fossa Nova. Declared a "national monument" in 1874, Fossanova Abbey is the oldest example of Cistercian art in Italy and, together with Casamari Abbey, one of its highest expressions. The complex was born at the end of the 12th century from the transformation of a pre-existing Benedictine monastery, perhaps dating back to the 6th century, of which a faint trace remains above the rose window of the church. The ancient monastery, built on the ruins of a Roman villa, was in fact ceded in 1134 by Pope Innocent II to some Burgundian monks, led by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, who followed the rigid rule resulting from the Citeaux reform (1098) based on the original Benedictine orthodoxy. The abbey complex known as a remake of the Benedictine one is made up of the cloister, the heart of the entire organism, the church of Santa Maria, the Chapter House with the monks' dormitories above, the refectory, the kitchen and the dormitories of the lay brothers. The pilgrims' house, the cemetery and the infirmary complete the complex. Consecrated in 1208, it preserves the bare architecture, the magnificent rose window and lantern and the finely sculpted capitals, testifying to the pre-eminent role played in the area. The buildings of the monumental complex are fenced so as to appear like a village, further enriched by the remains of a Roman villa from the 1st century BC, visible right in front of the church. In the 18th century the abbey was called Badia del For Appio. In one of the abbey's rooms, the monks' products are sold, from food to wines and liqueurs. From 1935 to 2017, a community of Conventual Friars Minor (Franciscans) lived in the abbey. Since 2017, the care of the abbey and the parish has been entrusted to the fathers of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, with the help of the Sisters Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, by the same Religious Family.

Gaeta is an Italian town of 20 545 inhabitants in the province of Latina in southern Lazio, belonging to the historical-geographical region of the Terra di Lavoro. It rises in the homonymous gulf on the Tyrrhenian Sea and is about 90 km from Naples and 120 km from Rome. The Garigliano and Volturno rivers flow into the Gulf of Gaeta, which extends from the Circeo promontory to Capo Miseno.

Gaeta, Lazio, the Split Mountain.

According to the most famous legend, the Montagna Spaccata di Gaeta split into two large blocks of rock at the time of Christ's crucifixion, leaving an inlet to the clear waters of the Gulf. The waters of the Mediterranean poured into the rupture lines, forming underground caves and streams. The natural recess became an ideal hiding place for pirates since ancient times.

Priverno. Co-Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata

The diocese of Priverno has very ancient origins (figures of martyrs from the early centuries and the recent discovery of the remains of the ancient Paleochristian Cathedral in the archaeological site of Privernum, a Roman city). But the first certain evidence (documents and acts of jurisdiction) date back to the second half of the 8th century, when the signature of Bishop Boniface of Priverno also appears among the signatories of the acts of the Lateran Council called by Pope Stephen III. The diocesan cathedral, also very remote, was destroyed by a fire in 1159, later rebuilt and consecrated by Pope Lucius III in 1183. The building was renovated with various attempts starting from the seventeenth century until reaching the current layout with the addition of the side chapels. The final restoration, which took place between 1776 and 1780, brought about some alterations in a Baroque style with a central-southern influence.

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The abbey of Casamari

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