Santa Maria Casanova

Cistercian Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova

Monastery information
Order	Cistercian
Established	1191
Disestablished	1807
Mother house	Tre Fontane Abbey
Diocese	Pescara-Penne
Site
Location	Villa Celiera, Italy
Coordinates	42°22′41″N 13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°ECoordinates: 42°22′41″N 13°52′03″E / 42.377951°N 13.867554°E
Public access	yes

The Abbey of Santa Maria Casanova (Italian: Abbazia di Santa Maria di Casanova) was a Cistercian monastery located in Villa Celiera, Province of Pescara, Italy. ^[1]

History

The abbey was founded in 1191 by the mother abbey of Tre Fontane in Rome, line of Clairvaux. Its construction was completed in 1208 and it was the first Cistercian abbey in Abruzzo.

It had as daughter abbeys the Abbey of St. Mary of Ripalta, San Pastore Abbey and Santo Spirito d'Ocre. It was ruled by the Cistercians until the suppression of religious orders in the Kingdom of Naples by Joseph Bonaparte in 1807.

Architecture

Nowadays the abbey is almost completely destroyed. The only part still in place is the tower, recently restored.

See also

• List of Cistercian monasteries

References

1. "Casanova (Pennensi)" (in Italian). Monastero cistercense della Certosa di Firenze. Retrieved December 31, 2014.

Bibliography

• Mammarella, Luigi (1995). "Santa Maria di Casanova". Abbazie e monasteri cistercensi in Abruzzo (in Italian). Cerchio (AQ): Adelmo Polla Editore. p. 31-56. ISBN 8874070276.

External links

• "Chiesa di Santa Maria di Casanova (ruderi)" (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
• Janauschek, Leopold (1877). Originum Cisterciensium - in quo, praemissis congregationum domiciliis adjectisque tabulis chronologico-genealogicis, veterum abbatiarum a monachis habitatarum fundationes ad fidem antiquissimorum fontium primus descripsit (in Latin) I. Vienna: Puthod. p. 292. Retrieved December 30, 2014.