The Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova (Italian: ''Abbazia di Santa Maria di Casanova'') was a
Cistercian
The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...
monastery located in
Villa Celiera
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 Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park is a natural park located most ...
,
Province of Pescara
The province of Pescara ( it, provincia di Pescara; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Pescara, which has a population of 119,483 inhabitants. As of 2017, it has a total population of ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
. Only a lone tower of the abbey now remains.
History
The abbey was founded in 1191 by the mother abbey of
Tre Fontane
Tre Fontane Abbey ( en, Three Fountains Abbey; la, Abbatia trium fontium ad Aquas Salvias), or the Abbey of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, is a Roman Catholic abbey in Rome, held by monks of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, better k ...
in Rome, which derived from the
Benedictine order
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
at
Clairvaux. Its construction was completed in 1208 and it was the first Cistercian abbey in Abruzzo.
It had as daughter abbeys the Abbey of St. Mary of Ripalta, San Pastore Abbey and
Santo Spirito d'Ocre. It was ruled by the Cistercians until the suppression of religious orders in the
Kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
by
Joseph Bonaparte
it, Giuseppe-Napoleone Buonaparte es, José Napoleón Bonaparte
, house = Bonaparte
, father = Carlo Buonaparte
, mother = Letizia Ramolino
, birth_date = 7 January 1768
, birth_place = Corte, Corsica, Republic of ...
in 1807.
Architecture
Nearly all the abbey buildings were razed after suppression. The only part still in place is the tower, recently restored.
See also
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List of Cistercian monasteries
References
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Maria di Casanova
Buildings and structures in the Province of Pescara
Towers in Italy