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Madonna del Carmine, front view, photos by Gianni Dietrich

Just outside the town of Penne , in what many centuries ago, was elected to the hermitage area by some monks who wanted to break away from the Mother Church and independently observed the rule of poverty, there is the Church of Our Lady of Mount Caramel .

the area surrounding the church developed the so-called Compliance Abruzzese, the community of Orthodox monks who received them several times a visit to St. John of Capistrano. At the end of 1300, the hermitage turned into a convent, by Fra Giovanni da Domenico Stroncone and Genoa. The religious, however, left the convent in 1506 and moved to Colleromano, the other religious building that is situated outside the town of Penne, occupied since 1258 by Benedictines Cistercians.

In 1596 the Carmelite Ottavio Pansa they began construction, using a wing of the former cloister of St. Christopher. The works are already underway in 1642 but at the end of the century seem not yet finalized.

In all likelihood, following a sudden collapse of structures requires a new intervention as early as 1754 and is at this stage works that was due today as late-baroque church.

Madonna del Carmine, nave, photos by Gianni Dietrich

The reconstruction is carried in a first Peter Canturio that time to the Ticino in 1763 is documented in the yard, he was responsible for the design of a Latin cross with a deep chancel, as well as the realization of the stucco decoration that started in 1770.

However in 1767 substituted for the direction of the work the Neapolitan architect Francesco Di Sio and I said, which define the details of today's system of Caramel, making it one of the most special of baroque space.

transept we find the place in a distinctive manner almost half of the hall, preceded by three spans and two others that are followed by the presbytery at the intersection of the arms rising plumes on the elliptical dome illuminated by four Windows on the bell-shaped profile.

Madonna del Carmine, cappella, photos by Gianni Dietrich

The three chapels that open on each side of the aisle are home altars with a magnificent stucco decorations in the exhibition, and this However, because of their shallowness, are unable to break the perception of a space unit and reverse the effect of a plant of a Latin cross.

indoor decoration, headed as we pointed out in Ticino Canturio, scans the articulation of the rooms (the nave, domed chapels, arches taxes) reflected in the delicate ornamentation and a fine rococo, defining a set majestic and full of light.

At a local artist, the Penne Aniello France are entrusted with the implementation of the facade for which a facsimile of a seventeenth-century architectural party, although it has reached the threshold of the nineteenth and the stucco decoration of the interior now reflects a rococo. extrados of the columns divide the façade into two registers, the lower one, marked by a string course cornice moldings more, open the main door, in the higher, ending in a broken eardrum, there is a large window from the profile to "bell".

as reported by Gianni Dietrich, coat of arms on top of the entrance to the Church of the Carmelites shield represents the : a stylized mountain (Mount Caramel) with rounded sides . There are three six-pointed stars, one in the center in the middle represents the Carmelites still on the road while the two top stars represent the Carmelites who have completed their journey and reached the summit. The whole is surmounted by a crown representing the Kingdom of God This is typical and exclusive emblem of the Order of Carmelites.

Sources:

1. Pens: palaces, elegance, nobility, nature, heroism ins. Lina Fernanda Marcotullio Frattaroli and in collaboration with the class B fourth and fifth A - AA 1987/88 School of Charles think of Penne.

2. Abruzzo Culture

3. Pictures of John Dietrich

Information:

You should visit the church during the hours of Mass, especially on Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon.