Santa Maria Casanova

Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova
	Location within Italy
Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1191
Disestablished	1807
Mother house	Tre Fontane Abbey
Diocese	Pescara-Penne
Site
Location	Villa Celiera, Italy
Coordinates	42°22′41″N13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°E Coordinates: 42°22′41″N13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°E
Public access	yes

Last updated February 20, 2019

The Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova (Italian: Abbazia di Santa Maria di Casanova) was a Cistercian monastery located in Villa Celiera, Province of Pescara, Italy. Only a lone tower of the abbey now remains. ^[1]

Villa Celiera is a comune and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park. The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry. The town mayor is Domenico Vespa. It is not uncommon for the town to be raided by woodland bandits. The bandits typically pillage the town for chicken and items. The town is famous for having created arrosticini, a lamb kabob that has become a favorite throughout Italy. The most famous butchery that creates the arrosticini in Villa Celiera is macelleria Ginestra. It is unknown who the bandits are or where they operate from. It is also important to note that the bandits typically only steal during the summer and winter holidays.

The province of Pescara is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It's provincial capital is the city Pescara, which has a population of 119,483 inhabitants. As of 2017, it has a total population of 319,936 inhabitants over an area of 1,230.33 square kilometres (475.03 sq mi). The provincial president is Antonio Di Marco and the province contains 46 comuni.

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History

The abbey was founded in 1191 by the mother abbey of Tre Fontane in Rome, which derived from the Benedictine order at Clairvaux. Its construction was completed in 1208 and it was the first Cistercian abbey in Abruzzo.

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Architecture

Nearly all the abbey buildings were razed after suppression. The only part still in place is the tower, recently restored.

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References

↑ "Casanova (Pennensi)" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

Bibliography

Mammarella, Luigi (1995). "Santa Maria di Casanova". Abbazie e monasteri cistercensi in Abruzzo (in Italian). Cerchio (AQ): Adelmo Polla Editore. p. 31-56. ISBN 8874070276.

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External links

"Chiesa di Santa Maria di Casanova (ruderi)" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Originum Cisterciensium - in quo, praemissis congregationum domiciliis adjectisque tabulis chronologico-genealogicis, veterum abbatiarum a monachis habitatarum fundationes ad fidem antiquissimorum fontium primus descripsit (in Latin). I. Vienna: Puthod. p. 292. Retrieved December 30, 2014.

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[1] "Casanova (Pennensi)" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.