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ISTITUTO COMPRENSIVO DI PALENA-TORRICELLA PELIGNA
A child, a teacher, a book and a pen can change the world Malala Yousafzai
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”.
See you in
MONTENERODOMO!