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 between 1617 and 1638, this was restored after World War II. The interior has three naves, divided by cruciform pillars. It has been modernised but some 17th-century paintings have been preserved, and a Madonna of Snow in terracotta dating from the 18th Century. On the main altar is a silver, gold and stone reliquary that, according to legend, holds the image of the face of Christ, put on a transparent, colorless silk. They say that an angel, dressed as a pilgrim, gave it to Giacomo Antonio Leonelli da Manoppello. The sanctuary is found a few kilometers from Manoppello. From Pescara take the A25 and exit at Scafa-Alanno.
This was built by monks in the 12th Century, partly out of the surrounding rock. It is still a place of pilgrimage today and ancient rituals are performed here. Those who come to cure a stomach ache or a fever go to a hollow which is called the cradle of S. Onofrio as it has two hollows formed because of the pressure of people kneeling there. On the night of the day of Sant'Onofrio, June 12, pilgrims come here early in the morning and there is a procession that goes to the town with the statue of the saint. This place is near the Abbey of San Liberatore in Maiella, not far from the town of Serramonacesca.