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and a visit of the Cooperaive “Altopiano di Na- survived in a few places of the Mediterranean,
Abruzzo: velli” which cultivates the saffron for decades, a so much so that this stretch of coast is declared
product precious as the gold which derives from
Nature, Flavors, Traditions extensive crops in which for three weeks a year protected by UNESCO. It’s one of the symbols of
Abruzzo, as beautiful, as well not very famous
4 days the inhabitants wake up in the middle of the outside the region. The”colossal spiders”, as de-
night to pick up the flowers. fined by D’Annunzio, they are stilts on the sea
1st Day: Civitella del Tronto 3rd Day: Lanciano - San Giovanni in Venere with a rudimentary appearance, “fishing ma-
Civitella del Tronto, in province of Teramo, is a (km. 12) chines” that turn into atmospheric restaurants,
place with incomparable beauty, settled in the Lanciano, a town of art is one of the most beau- they are the “trabocchi-restaurants” of Abruzzo.
circuit of the most beautiful Italian villages. Dom- tiful in the region, famous since the Roman age
inated by one of the biggest European Fortresses, for its fairs which were retrieving merchants from 4th Day: Lanciano - Atri (km. 80)
it dominates the country almost in all its length.
It’s one of the most important works of the mil- all over the Mediterranean. The town is above Atri, among the most beautiful and most impor-
all a cradle of art for the presence of numerous
itary engineering ever achieved on Italian soil, tant renaissance towns of Teramano, stands on a
with its length of almost 500 m., medium wide monuments: la Cattedrale di Santa Maria del hill of 444 meters height. It has pre-roman origin
of 45m., and a surface of 25 thousand square Ponte, arising on a bridge built by the Emper- and in this village the past and the present mix Business Proposals in Abruzzo
meters. or Diocleziano; the antique district of Lanciano together without creating a contrast. The historic
which urban layout remained unaltered from XIII
2nd Day: Il Gran Sasso -Campo Imperatore - San century, with churches with splendid stone por- centre is perfectly preserved, with its small me-
dieval streets, some of whose are so small that
Stefano di Sessanio - Civitaretenga (km. 229) tals, medieval shops and all brick buildings; the allow the passage of one person at a time. One
We will traverse Campo Imperatore the most antique church of Santa Maria Maggiore which
extended and imposing plateau of the Apenins, portal is probably the most beautiful example of of the best examples of the Abruzzo architecture
more than 26 km long and 10 km wide, on a 1600 the Abruzzi sculpture of the XIV century, la Chie- is the Atri Cathedral with a pictorial cycle inside,
meters above the sea level, a place considered sa di S. Francesco which is notorious thanks to a true Renaissance masterpiece. The Acquaviva
magical by the Emperor Federico II (who named the oldest recognized Eucharistic Miracles in the Palace, The Municipal Theatre, The Church of
it) and which was made world famous by the Catholicism. the Augustinians and with a splendid view from
western movies of Sergio Leone and the series The Testimony of the Eucharistic Miracle: around which the gaze sweeps from the sea to the peaks
The Call Me Trinity( Trinità), which were filmed the year 700, in the antique church of San Le- of the Gran Sasso.
there. gonziano, a Brazilian monk expressed his doubts Digestive at the Theatre Bar in front of the Atri
Until reaching to one of the most characteristic about the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
villages of the Abbruzo’s inland Santo Stefano di During the mass, the consecrated host and wine Cathedral.
Sessanio, a small fortified village inside the Na- transformed themselves in real flesh and blood. Ratafià liqueur: it is the typical liqueur of the
tional Park of Gran Sasso, a completely preserved These relics are being preserved in a monstrance Atrian area. It is produced from: ripe black cher-
architectonical gem of the medieval age. that is admired by thousand of faithful. ries, red Montepulciano d’Abruzzo wine, natural
The village became famous by the initiative We continue to the Abbey of S. Giovanni in Ve- flavors, sugar and a small amount of alcohol. It
of Daniel Kihkgren, a young Swedish entrepre- nere, at the outskirts of the village Fossacesia has a red color and an intense aroma of black
neur who after the acquisition of part of the on a promontory dominating the surrounding cherries and berries. There are two versions
abandoned residential buildings in the historic cultivated fields and a vast stretch of sea, known about the Latin origin of the name: “Ut rata fiat”,
center he restructured them respecting the ar- as Costa dei Trabocchi. The attribute “in Venere”
chitectonical characteristics, the history and the might derives from the presence of an antique is an expression that was used when an agree-
local culture. pagan temple dedicated to the Goddess of love. ment was signed, meaning “ratified”; the other
A lunch in a restaurant created in the structures A tasting over a Trabucco. is “Pax rata fiat” (peace is made). Either way, a
of an old convent. Continuing to Civitaretenga It’s an ancient architectural typology that has good reason to taste it

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