The Sant’Elisabetta Roman Mosaic belonged to a large public baths complex. It is comprised of white and black tesserae and depicts the myth of Orpheus...

To the south of Norcia and in the direction of Cascia there is the cemetery church of Santa Scolastica. This was built shortly after the...

The 13th Century church of St Augustine is built in a Gothic style. It has an ogival portal and a façade which is decorated with...

The Oratory of St Agostinuccio can be located along Via Anicia, almost at the top of Capolaterra. From the outside visitors here will find the...

St Benedict and its bell tower was built in the 14th Century but renovated in the 18th and 19th centuries. It has a sculpted façade...

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Argentea was built in 1560 and modified after the earthquakes of 1703, 1730 and 1859. It is located next to...

Close to the basilica and facing onto the square stands the very fine Palazzo Comunale which was partly rebuilt after the earthquake of 1859. It...

The Castellina stands opposite the Palazzo Comunale and was a fortress built by order of Pope Julius III to house the Prefetto della Montagna. The...

The Tempietto, or Edicola, built in 1354, is perhaps the most curious looking building in Norcia and stands on Via Umberto I. This square limestone...

The Church of San Francesco in Norcia was built in the 14th Century. It has a rose window and a fine doorway but because of...

The Church of San Giovanni is one of the oldest in Norcia and was built in the 15th Century. It was restored in the 18th...

Pietracamela is a small mountain village in the Rio Arno Valley. There are numerous houses here of the 16th and 17th Century built of local...

This museum is another part of the Monastery of San Giuliano complex. The exhibits are displayed over 3 floors; the ground floor shows typical Abruzzo...

San Bernardino da Siena also stayed in this monastery, which was the result of the dispersion of the Observant movement in Abruzzo, during the early...

The museum was built in 1950 and incorporated into the bastions and the arcaded wing of the S. Giuliano. Occupying the old ‘governor’s residence’, it...

The Fontana delle 99 Cannelle is a symbol of the town of L’Aquila and was built near the Aterno way. The fountain commemorates the 99...

The original 13th Century seat of the Captain of Justice was rebuilt in 1573 as a residence for the daughter of Charles V, Margherita of...

The grand-looking building that houses the Civic Theatre is in a typically late 19th Century design. Work started on the building in 1857 and was...

During the middle ages, the square of the Piazza del Duomo was the scene of executions. Today, it couldn’t be more different because what visitors...

In the Speleological Museum in L’Aquila visitors can experience an instructive insight into the science of speleology. The display space here is split into several...