Santa Maria Casanova

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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. Only a lone tower of the abbey now remains. ^[1]

History

The abbey was founded in 1191 by the mother abbey of Tre Fontane in Rome, which derived from the Benedictine order 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 by Joseph Bonaparte in 1807.

Architecture

Nearly all the abbey buildings were razed after suppression. The only part still in place is the tower, recently restored.

References

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

Bibliography

Mammarella, Luigi (1995). "Santa Maria di Casanova". Abbazie e monasteri cistercensi in Abruzzo (in Italian). Cerchio (AQ): Adelmo Polla Editore. pp. 31–56. ISBN 8874070276.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Abbazia di Santa Maria di Casanova (Villa Celiera).

"Chiesa di Santa Maria di Casanova (ruderi)" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Originum Cisterciensium - in quo, praemissis congregationum domiciliis adjectisque tabulis chronologico-genealogicis, veterum abbatiarum a monachis habitatarum fundationes ad fidem antiquissimorum fontium primus descripsit (in Latin). Vol. I. Vienna: Puthod. p. 292. Retrieved December 30, 2014.