Every August 10, Rapino celebrates the feast of Saint Lawrence, its patron saint.

Cave that was used for religious purposes from the Paleolithic to the Christian Middle Ages

Initially served as a hospital for travelers, later becoming a monastery where Celestine V established a monastic community

Tiny church that survived a terrible earthquake on 18th century

Legend has it that San Rocco passed through Roccamontepiano on his journey to Rome and took refuge in the sacred grotto

A church dedicated to St Roch, the saint patron against plagues

Convent founded in the 15th century by the Franciscans that houses the relics of two saints

This impressive abbey is one of the oldest Benedictine monasteries in Abruzzo

According to legend, the church was built on the site where the Virgin Mary appeared to a messenger sent by the abbot of Montecassino