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A centenary forest in the heart of the Majella National Park. Especially beautiful in autumn. There are some paths inside the woods of low difficulty, but better done with a MTB.

A centenary forest in the heart of the Majella National Park. Especially beautiful in autumn. There are some paths inside the woods of low difficulty.

Beautiful

The interior has a stone architecture, revived polychromy of the furnishings, with the sculpted, painted and gilded woods of the statues (including the thirteenth-century Madonna del Colle), of the pulpit, of several altars, of the choir (work of the Roman-Sulmona Bartolomeo Balcone dating back to 1619) and the five coffered ceilings, mainly made by Carlo Sabatini of Anversa degli Abruzzi between 1670 and 1682, completed in 1742.

Entering the Basilica one is fascinated by so much beauty and attention to the architectural details present there. The pulpit made entirely of wood immediately captures the visitor's attention.

The first temple, dating back to the 11th century and dependent on the abbey of Montecassino, stood outside the city center of the village of Pescocostanzo, perched on the Peschio. In 1456 the church was destroyed by an earthquake but was rebuilt as early as 1466, in the new and larger inhabited center, becoming the parish seat and thus linking the entire village to the diocese of Cassino.

Pescocostanzo is a very cute town worth visiting.

It is a place anciently considered sacred and dedicated to Jupiter, it extends between Monte Rotella and Monte Pizzalto. The Bosco di Sant'Antonio became a reserve in 1985, with an extension of 550 hectares, and is included in the Maiella National Park. It is located in the locality "la Difesa": this name indicates an area where the cutting of trees was prohibited and where grazing was only allowed for cattle and horses. Therefore the forest was used to shelter livestock during the summer heat or during storms. In the undergrowth there is holly, rose arvense, juniper, gooseberry currant, laurel daphne and hawthorn. For lovers of cross-country skiing, among the beech trees and on the plateau below there is one of the most beautiful slopes in Abruzzo. In summer, however, you can take walks on the paths that wind through the beech forest.