This is the place to see the youth of the city. Pescara's university population can usually be found in the many pubs and bars in the area during the year, and on the coast, especially to the north of the river, in summer. The places to go are from the old Borgo Marino to S. Filomena with the great hotels of Montesilvano to the north. Piazza I Maggio and the surrounding area has a number of places that offer something for all kinds of people. Some places have tennis courts and offer surfing and swimming lessons and aerobics. The beach is the place to play never ending games of volley ball or just chat with friends, however, some people prefer just to get going in the evening.
At the foot of Maiella, surrounded by woodland is one of the most ancient proofs of the Benedictines in Abruzzo. It certainly existed since 884, but it was rebuilt after the earthquake in 990, to a more grandiose design by the monk Teobaldo. The facade is made from local stone and has semi columns. The central part is highest and there are three rounded arches and a circular window in the center. On the right is a square bell tower. The interior has three naves, with seven arches on pillars. At the beginning of the right nave are 16th-century frescoes, of San Benedetto, Carlo Magno who legend links to the Benedictine order and Bobaco Olivesi. The middle area has an opus floor and there are three semicircular apses in the presbytery. Frescoes from the twelfth or 13th Century have been found as a result of restoration in the middle apse, which were previously covered by a sixteenth century strata. The church is in San Liberatore, outside of Serramonacesca. From Piazza del Popolo take Via Roma and go to the right.
Built in 1927 and designed by Vincenzo Pilotti, this building contains the town council, library and provincial administration offices. There are four statues on the facade, representing River, Sea, Mining and Agriculture, vital elements that link man to his roots. The council room displays the best work of Francesco Paolo Michetti, painted in 1895, owned by the National Gallery of Berlin and then redeemed. 'The daughter of Iorio,' is painted on three canvases sewn together, and shows a women followed by a group of harvesters. Thsi scene was witnessed by the painter on the square of Tocco da Casauria together with D'Annunzio, which inspired his work. Reservations by telephone must be made to visit the painting. Call for hours.
According to legend, this place was built in 1498 on the site of a miraculous apparition. The frescoed portal of the Deposition is from 1505. On the left of the portal, is another Renaissance fresco of the Virgin, Child and two Angels. On the right side are remains of an old building which could have been a cloisters. The bell tower has little windows and finishes in a pyramid shape. The interior has one nave with a cross vault, decorations and ornaments. There is an arch by the apse and the main altar was made in 1642 with a great deal of golden stucco, decorated columns, allegoric statues and a 15th-century triptych. There are also frescoes by the school of Andrea de Litio. The church is found on the road between Alanno and Cugnoli. From Alanno, take the road for Cugnoli and turn left for Torre De Passeri. After 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) you find the church.
Of medieval origin, this church used to be home to nuns. It can be reached by going up a staircase that was rebuilt in the 18th Century. The facade dates from the same period, decorated with Maltese Crosses. The Romanesque, polygonal apse dates from the middle of the14th Century as does the bell tower, which is surrounded by majolica bowls. Near the entrance, in a niche, is the 15th-century statue of a Madonna with Child. Inside, there is a single nave and lateral altars. On the main altar is a painting of San Giovanni Battista (St. John the Baptist) from 1617, by Samberlotti di Montorio.
This church is famous because of a miraculous painting that made it a destination for pilgrims in the past. It is still a place to put ex voto and still people come out of curiosity. For example, in many marriage contracts one condition was that the husband would take the wife to this sanctuary in the first year of marriage. The miraculous painting is now flanked by a statue of the Madonna in a black dress that is embroidered in gold. Painting and statue are in the left nave of the church which was rebuilt in the 19th Century. The original structure now represented only by the bell tower was built in the 17th Century. The center of Castellamare Adriatico were once made up of the piazza, the fountain with a drinking trough, the ex-convent of the Cappuccini and the peasant houses built around the church.