Rocca San Giovanni is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
''and
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in the
province of Chieti
The province of Chieti ( it, provincia di Chieti; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Chieti, which has a population of 50,770 inhabitants. The province has a total population of 387,6 ...
in the
Abruzzo region of
Italy
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.
Main sights
The main attraction of the neighbourhood is the
Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere. Other sights in Rocca San Giovanni include:
*church of St. Matthew, a medieval structure inspired, in smaller scale, to the Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere. In the 14th-15th centuries a bell tower was added
*remains of the
Norman walls, built in 1061
*14th century historical center
Twin towns
*
Chaingy, France
References
Cities and towns in Abruzzo
Coastal towns in Abruzzo
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