Vomano Guard - Guardia Vomano

Vomano Guard is a center of the territory of Notarial in Abruzzo.

To know

The small inhabited area preserves a characteristic historical center gathered on a hill; boasts the proximity ofAbbey of San Clemente al Vomano, one of the most important monuments of the Benedictine presence in the Region.

Geographical notes

In Vomano Valley, in a beautiful panoramic position, is 2.5 km from Notarial, 25 from Teramo, 15 from Roseto degli Abruzzi.

Background

It was born as a fortification center in the early Middle Ages, although many testimonies of a previous Roman settlement have come to light. It was subject to the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria like its most famous monument, the Abbey of San Clemente al Vomano. Then followed the events of the capital Notarial.

How to orient yourself

How to get

By plane

• Pescara airport (Abruzzo International Airport), Via Tiburtina Km 229.100, ☎ 39 085 4324201. 
• Airport of Ancona
• Airport of Perugia-Sant'Egidio

By car

It can be easily reached with a short detour from the state road 150 Roseto degli Abruzzi - Villa Vomano, not far from which is its most important monument: the abbey of San Clemente al Vomano.

On the train

• Station of Notarial
• Station of Roseto degli Abruzzi

Continue by bus with the "Arpa" regional bus lines (numerous direct runs).

By bus

• Arpa Autolinee (Abruzzo Public Regional Bus Lines)[1]

How to get around

What see

• 42.63426513.8905881 Abbey of San Clemente al Vomano, via San Clemente. Just outside Guardia Vomano, the church of San Clemente has the appearance it was given in the first half of the 13th century, when it was completely renovated. Its birth, however, is more remote, as tradition recalls that the building was commissioned by Ermengarda, daughter of Ludovico II Imperatore, between 870 and 890. In the 12th century the Abbey of San Clemente, with the adjoining monastery, was part of the Abbey of San Clemente a Casauria.

In the façade of the church, simple, gabled, the portal stands out which is inserted in the Abruzzese style of the portals of San Liberatore alla Maiella, Santa Maria in Valle Porclaneta, Santa Maria Assunta a Bominaco, San Pietro ad Oratorium a Capestrano, all works that are linked in turn to the basilica of Montecassino. The interior with three naves divided by pillars ends with three apses. The sculptures are by Ruggiero and his son Roberto: the capitals have various shapes and depict plants and animals.The masterpiece of the church is however the ciborium, made by the same sculptors between 1136 and 1147; placed on the altar according to the use of early Christian churches, it has remarkable animal and human sculptures and protomes. Under the ciborium is theancient altar of stone and various rare marbles, carved in bas-relief with a valuable representation of the sacrificial lamb.newsstand shows fourteenth-century frescoes and a fragment of thirteenth-century fresco. A valuable polychrome wooden sculpture from the early fourteenth century depicts San Clemente Pope. Now the building serves as a cemetery church, and can be visited by contacting the caretaker in via S. Clemente n. 10, 30 meters from the church, in the direction of Guardia Vomano. 

• 42.63675313.8807662 Church of San Rocco, Piazza San Rocco. Just below the highest part of the village, in an open space, the church has a single nave, a simple facade finished with a curvilinear tympanum, a high brick bell tower surmounted by a spire.A domed roof rises at the intersection of the transept and of the nave. The building was built in 1527; its current appearance, however, dates back to the eighteenth-century reconstruction. 

Events and parties

What to do

Shopping

How to have fun

Where to eat

Average prices

• 42.63663713.8803081 Al Belvedere Bar Restaurant, Via S. Nicola 2, ☎ 39 329 3558733. 
• Locanda del Bastiano, Via Magnanella - Vomano Guard, ☎ 39 328 3164422. 

Where stay

Average prices

• Locanda del Bastiano, Via Magnanella - Vomano Guard, ☎ 39 328 3164422. 

Safety

How to keep in touch

Post office

• 42.63667913.8805611 Italian post, Piazza San Rocco 1, ☎ 39 085 898130, fax: 39 085 898130. 

Around

• Abbey of Santa Maria di Propezzano at 7 kilometers

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