Caramanico Terme is a comune and town in the province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of Italy, situated near the confluence of the Orfento and Orta rivers, on a hilltop between the Monte Morrone and the Majella mountains.[3]

Caramanico Terme
Comune
Comune di Caramanico Terme
Coat of arms
Location of Caramanico Terme
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Coordinates: 42°09′N 14°0′E
Country	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Province	Pescara (PE)
Frazioni	De Contra, San Nicolao, San Tommaso, San Vittorino, Santa Croce, Sant'Elia, Scagnano
Government
• Mayor	Mario Mazzocca
Area [1]
• Total	84.55 km2 (32.64 sq mi)
Elevation	650 m (2,130 ft)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	2,030
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Demonym	Caramanichesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	65023
Dialing code	085
Website	Official website

History

The town takes its name from cara, meaning rock and/or arimannia, a Lombard establishment in the late Middle Ages. Then the name Terme was added in 1960 because of the presence of a spa nearby.^{[citation needed]}

The present settlement is recorded since Lombard times. Then it underwent a remarkable development in the 14th-15th centuries, under the D'Aquino family, and in that period many important monuments were built. In 1706, an earthquake nearby destroyed the town.

Main sights

• Church of S. Maria Maggiore (15th century), with a Gothic exterior and an ogival portal with a depiction of the Coronation of the Virgin (1476). The exterior has also depictions of apostles, pilgrims and singers with 15th century musical instruments. The Assumption Chapel (17th century) has a Baroque interior.
• Romanesque church of St. Tommaso, founded in the 13th century in honor of Thomas of Canterbury. It was built above a 9th-century pieve. It has a nave and two aisles, with different levels. The façade has a rose window and single mullioned windows, three portals and four semi-colons from a never built portico. The side portals have with floreal decorations, while the central one has a high-relief of the Twelve Apostles and Christ Enthroned (1118). The interior, with a nave and aisles divided by composite columns (right) and square columns (left). The interior houses also a Corinthian column (known as Colonna santa) which has alleged miraculous properties.
• Archaeological Museum "P. Barrasso"
• Museum of Abruzzo and Italy Fauna
• Hermitage of San Giovanni all'Orfento

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Caramanico Terme.

• Photo Gallery (in Italian)

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