Churches & Places of Worship

The year of foundation of church of Santa Maria of Letizie in Artena is not known.

Iit seems that it dates back to the time of the Barbarian invasions, between the sixth and eighth centuries, when the inhabitants fled from the plain and took refuge on the mountainside building there the first houses. 

It may have been the place of pagan worship in even more ancient centuries and dedicated to the goddess Juno.

It has a simple structure, is 22 meters long and 12 metres wide.

It was bombed in January 1944, but has been recently restored, respecting the original structure.

In here is kept the statue of the Madonna delle Grazie, sacred icon venerated by the inhabitants of Artena, which is carried in procession every year on the Saturday before the third Sunday of May.
 

The church of Santa Margherita in Coreno Ausonio dates from the year 1395.

It begun by the people who asked Cardinal Bartolomeo for the opportunity to build a church at their own expense.

The building was completed in 1445 and was expanded over the years with side chapels in different times and ways, as evidenced by their asymmetry.

On 25 May 1687, the church was devastated by a fire that destroyed it because it was largely made of wood.

It was rebuilt and re-consecrated on May 11, 1777 and the organ was moved to the back of the church on a special masonry stage.

It was again destroyed by the earthquake of Avezzano and then in the Second World War and was rebuilt in 1950.

The church has three naves with side chapels that are the only original part of the old church.

The apse preserves the original multicoloured marble altar. The bell tower has the town clock with three bells.

The chapel of San Biagio is just before a gateway to the town of Alvito.

It was a necessary passage for those who entered the country on the side of Sora.

It was built in the eighteenth century with a single nave and a small dome.

It was the chapel of the Ferrante family.

This, the first church dedicated to the Prophet St. Simeon in Alvito dates back to 1100.

Since the beginning has enjoyed many papal privileges.

Of this original church only the bell tower is visible with the church having been redone, for the first time in 1527 and later around 1700 in Alvito.

The collegiate Church of St. Simeon Prophet was enriched with paintings and Baroque frescoes, a dome, a lacunar (coffer decorated) ceiling and a choir worked in wood.

St. Nicholas convent of Alvito was built around 1516, the Benedictine monastery of St. Nicholas.

It has been for centuries an important religious centre, also known as the "little Montecassino".

In fact, in 1720 Pope Clement XIV, who had spent here a year here as a novitiate, enriched it with numerous works of art.

The building is late baroque Roman style with an interesting cloister.

Today the monastery is a school.

Church of Santa Barbara

The church of Santa Barbara in Colleferro was designed in 1936 by Eng. Riccardo Morandi, and completed in 1937.

Its lines follow the Colleferro castle. The church is made of reinforced concrete and inside is a crucifix made of bronze cast of Donatello.

The apse of the church is dominated by a large mosaic representing the patron saint Santa Barbara and on which are represented the industrial plants and factories of Colleferro.

Temple of Santa Barbara

The temple of Santa Barbara in Colleferro was founded by the original design of 1916 by architect Oddini.

It was at its core to service buildings intended for factory workers of the rapidly grown ammunition works during the First World War.

Temple of St. Anne

The temple of St. Anne was inaugurated in 1947.