DECEMBER 2000 - Heritage Ezine - Year I, No. 28

One of the most important Benedectine Abbeys in Abruzzo, San Giovanni in Venere lies a little distance from Fossacesia (CH) on a rock sorrounded by olive trees, with a wide view on the Adriatic below.

The laws of the Transhumance, the age-old practice that exerted an enormous historical and cultural influence on the character, lifestyle and traditions of the Abruzzese and Molisani - excerpts from the edict of 1447 and a historical overview.

One of the four patrons of L'Aquila, and patron saint of so many mountain places in Abruzzo, Sant'Emidio is the protector against earthquakes, that so ruinously hit the region during the centuries

A natural route in the deep South of Abruzzo, amid the great beauty of the National Park of Abruzzo, through the woods and meadows of Val Fondillo

The events of the month of December: the Immaculate Conception, the Madonna di Loreto, Christmas and New Year's Eve - The traditions of the month

All the Fuochi of the Catasto Onciario of Pescocostanzo completed in 1748- the inhabitants include those that moved to Ateleta some decades later.