Dave Jackson on December 16th, 2008
All traces of the ancient history of Francavilla were destroyed by Turkish invasions during the second half of the 1500s and bombings during the Second World War. Nonetheless, as an awesome testimony to a prestigious past, today we can admire the interior of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore and view a silver monstrance which [...]
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Dave Jackson on December 15th, 2008
If Italy is the garden of Europe, so Tortoreto is the happy island of the country. A city in the center of Italy surrounded by greenery, which finds his dimension spreading from the “village” situated on the hill until the beach of the “lido”. The oldest church dedicated to Christ’s mother is Santa Maria Maggiore [...]
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