Fossacesia

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Fossacesia
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Fossacesia (Italy)
Fossacesia
Country Italy
region Abruzzo
province Chieti  (CH)
Coordinates 42 ° 15 ′  N , 14 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 42 ° 15 ′ 0 ″  N , 14 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
height 142  m slm
surface 30 km²
Residents 6,302 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 210 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 66022
prefix 0872
ISTAT number 069033
Popular name Fossacesiani
Patron saint San Donato
Website Fossacesia
Fossacesia
Fossacesia

Fossacesia is a town with 6302 inhabitants in the province of Chieti in the region of Abruzzo in Italy .

The neighboring municipalities are Lanciano , Mozzagrogna , Paglieta , Rocca San Giovanni , Santa Maria Imbaro and Torino di Sangro .

San Giovanni Abbey in Venere

San Giovanni in Venere

The Abbazia di San Giovanni in Venere is located on a mountain top in the area of ​​the municipality close to the coast . The construction planning began in 1165, but the execution only after 1200. As a predecessor building there was a temple of Venus Conciliatrix, which gave the later Romanesque Benedictine complex its name.

The cloister measuring 42 × 43.5 m was restored to its original form between 1932 and 1935. In 1936 monks from the Order of the Passionists agreed to take over the church, but after lengthy negotiations the contract was not signed until 1954. Since then, the Passionists have painstakingly repaired the facility. Six monks still live here today.

Except for a cornice and blind arcades, the facade does without any decoration. But the portal is the most richly decorated of the time in all of Abruzzo. The garment of three tiered pilasters and a column in front of it is simple, as are the arches of the archivolt . The lunette figures have only survived in fragments (Christ enthroned between Mary and John the Baptist ).

The relief panels date from the years 1225 to 1230. They show scenes from the life of the Baptist - without any chronological connection.

  • Left: above decorative relief with two drinking peacocks, below Johannes and two Jews, to whom he explains on a scroll: I am the voice in the desert; next to it probably the visualization of this word. Including in three sections the Annunciation , her encounter with Elisabeth and an unidentifiable figure; finally a kneeling person between two griffins.
  • Right: Circumcision of John, left his father Zacharias writes the son's name on a board; including the announcement of the birth of John to (the unbelieving) Zacharias; at the bottom, finally, Daniel in the lions' den.

Left of the portal: embedded tomb of the abbot Odorisius II, who died in 1204, elaborately stepped, formerly mosaic- framed.

Viticulture

In the municipality of vines are varieties Montepulciano for the DOC - wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grown.

traffic

The Ancona – Lecce railway has a station in the municipality.

Daughters and sons of the church

literature

Web links

Commons : Fossacesia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.