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Location: Civitella Del Tronto, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy

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1. Church of San Francesco loop from Civitella del Tronto

1.97km

00:35

60m

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2. Church of San Francesco loop from Civitella del Tronto

3.10km

00:56

100m

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3. Salinello Gorge – Salinello Gorge Hiking Trail loop from Civitella del Tronto

22.7km

06:59

650m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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Stephan

September 4, 2021

The origins of the "San Francesco" church probably go back to around 1320, when the later Archbishop Robert von Anjou had a chapel built on this site. The church and the buildings belonging to it are of Romanesque origin, the church was extensively renovated and expanded in the 18th century and renovated again between 2000 and 2002.

On the Romanesque facade there is a beautiful stone portal on which traces or remains of a popular fresco of the Madonna and Child as well as the Saints Francesco, Ludovico and Chiara can be seen. Above it is a beautiful rose window from the 14th century with folded leaves, which, according to popular tradition, comes from the Church of San Francesco in Campli. On the back wall of the church is the square bell tower. The baroque interior contains a valuable wooden choir from the 15th century. All in all a very worth seeing and especially impressive because of its age and the good state of preservation, which one should have visited.

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JakobusPilger

April 23, 2022

One of the few saints who is also highly valued outside of Christianity is San Francesco, known in the German-speaking world as Francis of Assisi. Francis was born in Assisi in 1181/82 and died in 1226. In his youth as the son of wealthy parents he was a bon vivant, but later he turned to Christ. In the half-ruined little church of San Damiano, on the hillside outside the city walls of Assisi, he was praying one day and heard the voice of Christ coming down from the cross, urging him to “rebuild his church”. At first he took this request literally and restored the church building, later he came to realize that this is primarily about the church as the community of believers.

Francis became a role model for many people, they joined him and the "Order of the Friars Minor" (Ordo Fratrum Minorum) of Francis of Assisi came into being. Today in the broad Franciscan religious family there are three male branches: the Franciscans, the Minorites and the Capuchins; and two females: the Franciscans and the Poor Clares. In addition, there is the "Third" or "Secular" order, which women and men who do not take the classic vows of the order (poverty, chastity and obedience) and continue to live in their family and their profession can join.

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Location: Civitella Del Tronto, Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy

Church of San Francesco

1. Church of San Francesco loop from Civitella del Tronto

2. Church of San Francesco loop from Civitella del Tronto

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