The Abbey of the Holy Spirit at Morrone (Italian: Abbazia di Santo Spirito al Morrone), locally Badia Morronese is a former Celestine monastery founded in the late 13th-century by the hermit Pietro da Morrone. The complex stands at the foot of Monte Morrone, about 5 km (3 mi) north-east of Sulmona, in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.
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Eremo di Sant'Onofrio al Morrone is an hermitage located in Sulmona, Province of L'Aquila, dating back to the thirteenth century. A monk by the name of Pietro Angelerio, living at this hermitage, later became Pope Celestine V. The hermitage is located at an altitude of 620 meters, and can only be reached via a steep path from the village of Badia, on the eastern edge of the Valle Peligna.
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The Valle Peligna, also known as Conca di Sulmona, is a plateau in central Abruzzo, southern Italy, included in the province of L'Aquila. It has a surface of some 100 km2.
The valley takes its name from the Paeligni. In prehistoric times, it was occupied by a lake which disappeared after a series of earthquakes approximately 300,000 years ago, leaving the land full of marshes but fertile. The former barrier between the lake and the sea was in what are now the gorges of Popoli. Three hills near Sulmona are the relics of the single island in the lake.
The valley is crossed by the rivers Aterno and Sagittario. In addition to Sulmona, the main centers in the plateau include Raiano, Vittorito, Corfinio, Pratola Peligna and Pacentro.
Historically, it was inhabited by the Paeligni, an Oscan tribe.
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Sulmona is a railway station in Sulmona, Italy. The station opened in 1888 and is located on the Rome–Sulmona–Pescara railway, Terni–Sulmona railway and Sulmona-Isernia railway. The train services are operated by Trenitalia.
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The Gizio is a river in Italy. It is located in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. The river is the main tributary of the Sagittario. Its source is located near Rocca Pia and Pettorano sul Gizio. The river flows north through the Appennino Abruzzese near Sulmona before entering the Sagittario.
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Sulmona Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Sulmona, Italy, and is the seat of the Bishop of Sulmona-Valva.
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After the suppression of the Celestine Order in 1806, the abbey passed to the state; it now houses the offices of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l'Abruzzo and a small archaeological museum. Much of the visible fabric reflects 17th- and 18th-century Baroque remodelling.
