Santa Maria Casanova

Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova

Monastery information
Order Cistercian
Established 1191
Disestablished 1807
Mother house Tre Fontane Abbey
Diocese Pescara-Penne
Site
Location Villa Celiera, Italy
Coordinates 42°22′41″N 13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°E / 42.377951; 13.867554Coordinates: 42°22′41″N 13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°E / 42.377951; 13.867554
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The Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova (Italian: Abbazia di Santa Maria di Casanova) was a Cistercian monastery located in Villa Celiera, Province of Pescara, Italy. [1]

History

The abbey was founded in 1191 by the mother abbey of Tre Fontane in Rome, line of 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 by Joseph Bonaparte in 1807.

Architecture

Nowadays the abbey is almost completely destroyed. The only part still in place is the tower, recently restored.

See also

References

  1. "Casanova (Pennensi)" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

Bibliography

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