Europe Italy Abruzzo Fossacesia San Giovanni in Venere Abbey Rilief of the portal
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Europe Italy Abruzzi Province of Chieti Fossacesia San Giovanni in Venere AbbeyMore information:
Europe Italy Abruzzo Fossacesia San Giovanni in Venere Abbey Rilief of the portal The monastic complex of San Giovanni in Venere is composed of a basilica and monastery nearby, both built in the early thirteenth century in a small monastery of existing. The church has the classic structure of the basilicas of the Cistercian style, with three naves separated by pointed arches and wooden ceilings. The main facade has a portal of the Moon, all marble, decorated with reliefs and ancient materials recovery. On the south side are the portal of Women (side entrance, is commonly used), also adorned with marble decorations, and cut off the bell tower, whose slits reveal the use of defensive tower that was done. Opposite the main facade, there are three apses, whose ornamented with mullioned windows and reveals a taste Arabic]. Inside, the apse is decorated with frescoes of the thirteenth century. Beneath the altar is the crypt, where they make a fine show of Roman columns. Under the main entrance is another room, in the thirteenth century made from the remains of the ancient Christian church. Traces remain of the original monastery in the area of the monastery (on the eastern side, near the bell inside) It was a structure with elongated rectangle, with four levels, with access raised, rebuilt and restored during the Renaissance. Abbot Oderisio II was responsible for the thirteenth-century cloister, which took place on three sides (largely rebuilt in the first half of the twentieth century), with mullioned windows with marble and schedule Colonnelle crutch. On the three sides of the housing complex was developed and production of the thirteenth century Benedictine, whose remains visible the current precinct and part of the northern bottom (closest to the entrance to the church), characterized by narrow slits (archer)