This
cultural itinerary includes the visit to
the Cathedral of St Panfilo, to the Church
of the Holy Annunziata and the visit to
the Pelino's Museum in Sulmona.
The Cathedral of St Panfilo (the
Crypt in photo)
The wonderful Cathedral of St Panfilo,
the Patron Saint of Sulmona, is one of
the most beautiful churches in the city.
The former medieval building was built
and restored several times throughout
the ages: today it is a mixture of romanesque-gothic
and baroque art. The main portal, dating
back to the XIV century, is Gothic and
it shows in the lunetta a fresco by Leonardo
from Teramo.
Inside the Cathedral a romanesque double
colonnade stands as it was in the past;
in the right nave you can see a XIII-century
wooden Crucifix. In the XI-century crypt
visitors can admire a beautiful XII-century
basrelief (Madonna with Holy Child) and
a XV-century silver bust of St Panfilo.
Sulmona, 400 mt.
The Church of the Holy Annunziata
(and Town Museum)
Together with the adjacent church, which
was completely rebuilt after an earthquake
in 1706, the huge complex is a synthesis
of four centuries of art from Sulmona,
i.e. a mixture of late Gothic, Renaissance
and Baroque styles.
The big soaring columns of the church's
facade, the wonderful mullioned window
with three lights, the flowered ornaments
of the first portal, the elegant mullioned
windows with two lights and the sculptures
in the central portal show a combination
of local and foreign - Lombard and Tuscan
- art tradition.
In the past the palace was a hospital
and the magistrate's house, today
it is the seat of the Town Museum.
The bell-tower, 65,50 meters high, was
built in the second half of the XVI century.
Sulmona, 400 mt.
Pelino's museum
Sulmona, in the Abruzzo region, had been
the famous home confetti for three centuries:
in 1783 it bacame the acknowledged capital
of confetti thanks to the skill of a single
family which manifactures confetti according
to a simple recipe that has remained unchanged.
The confetti Mario Pelino factory, located
in a XIXth century building on via Introdacqua,
is characterized by its typical chimnery
that sends forth sweet scent of glazed
sugar.
This establishment, which is responsible
for the fame of confetti in Italy and
the world, still has a patina of the antique.
Sulmona, 400 mt.