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MONTENERODOMO

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MONTENERODOMO

• 1165 metres above sea level;

• 690 inhabitants ;

• Majella Mountain and the Sangro and Aventino Valleys.

MONTENERODOMO

It is located in the province of Chieti, in the Abruzzo region.

Montenerodomo in the snow

MONTENERODOMO

and the Majella National Park • Montenerodomo is part

of the Majella National Park;

• Majella Park is one of the three national parks in Abruzzo;

• “The greenest region of Europe”.

MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK

• It was set in 1992 and includes 39 other towns in Abruzzo. It is a various place, completely made by mountains;

• It is rich of woods of pines, beeches and oaks.

Woods of pines

Woods of beeches

FAUNA

• Its fauna is characterised by the presence of mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians: among them we have the Appennine wolf, the Marsican Brown Bear, the Peregrine and Lanner Falcon, the Appennine Chamois, many deers, roe-deers and wild boars. But also the Golden Eagle and different types of Salamanders and Vipers.

Marsican Brown Bear

Golden Eagle

Peregrine Falcon

Abruzzi Chamois

Deers, roe deers and wild boars.

Flora and vegetation

Maggiociondolo (golden chain or golden rain)

Magellense gentian

Centaurea Tenoreana

Scarpetta di Venere, Lady’s slipper

Torricella Peligna

• 901 metres above sea level

• Birthplace of Vincenzo Bellini’s grandfather

• Birthplace of John Fante

Torricella Peligna

John Fante

Birth home of Vincenzo Bellini, Senior

History of Montenerodomo • Remains of megalithic

walls confirm the presence of an “oppido”;

• In the forth and third century before Christ the economic and cultural centre was moved more down, so it arose Juvanum.

• IV century: Caldora family, Di Capua family and D’Aquino family.

Juvanum

• It belonged to the Carricini, an old population that was part of the Sanniti tribe;

• The name Juvanum comes from the Latin verb iuvere that means to be good to.

• The village dates back to the 3rd and 4th centuries before Christ.

Juvanum

The forum, the most important square.

Juvanum

• The thermae: thermal baths with the calidarium, heated place.

Juvanum

The theatre, where the old population had public meetings, shows, events and ceremonies.

The main streets

Juvanum

Since 2006 the story of the everyday life of the inhabitants of Iuvanum is told in the Archaeological Museum and in the Museum of History and Landscape Transformation.

Juvanum

The Sights in Montenerodomo

Piazza Largo della Libertà and Piazza De Thomasis, are the most important squares of the village.

The Sights in Montenerodomo

Santa Giusta and San Martino Church is dated back to the XIV century. Its façade is made of calk stone and the main door is also of stone. Inside there is only one aisle.

V.I.P. FROM MONTENERODOMO

BENEDETTO CROCE GIUSEPPE DE THOMASIS

Giuseppe de Thomasis

• He was born in Montenerodomo in 1767.

• He studied law in Neaples and when she was very young, he was appointed second lieutenant in Sulmona.

• He was chairman in the Council of State.

• He build up a village named Ateleta in the province of L’Aquila.

• He became Home Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of the Clerical Affairs.

Benedetto Croce

• He was the most important philosopher and politician of the Modern Age-

• Montenerodomo was his birthplace.

• He said that staying in Montenerodomo and reading the genealogical tree of his family, he strove to find something to rejoin himself them.

• “Perhaps a man rather than be son of his people, he is son of universal life, rather than be filius loci, he is filius temporis”.

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MONTENERODOMO!