The National Park of Majella-Morrone
The History

In living memory the Majella represents the Mother mountain to the Abruzzo people. In ancient times it was sacred to the goddess Maja, in the Middle Ages it became a place of prayer to numerous hermits, amongst these was the famous Pietro Angeleri, who then became Pope Celestino V.
Hermitages and abbeys flourished so numerously that the Petrarca defined it the Domus Christi: from the most famous hermitage of Santo Spirito, a national monument, to the real and true grottoes, the hermitages of S. Giovanni, S. Antonio, S. Angelo. The striking abbey of S. Liberatore a Majella, near Serramonacesca, one of the most representative of Romanesque churches in Abruzzo. Numerous interesting historic centres: Caramanico, Guardiagrele, Palena, Pretoro, Roccacaramanico, Roccacasale, Popoli, Cansano, Pacentro and Pescocostanzo.

Organization

Fauna

Flora
and natural environments

The History

Itineraries