Santa Maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila

Name: Santa Maria di Collemaggio
Address: L'Aquila, Italy

#4 among attractions in L'Aquila

Church, Top attraction, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture

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Santa Maria di Collemaggio is a large medieval church in L'Aquila, central Italy. It was the site of the original Papal Jubilee, a penitential observation devised by Pope Celestine V, who is buried there. The church, which therefore ranks as a basilica because of its importance in religious history, sits in isolation at the end of a long rectangular sward of grass at the southwest edge of the town. ()

Local name: Basilica di Santa Maria di Collemaggio Architectural style: Romanesque architectureCoordinates: 42°20'40"N, 13°24'15"E

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Santa Maria di Collemaggio – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Basilica of San Bernardino, Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo, Forte Spagnolo, L'Aquila Cathedral.

0.5 miN
Church
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0.5 miNW
Theater
Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo, L'Aquila
13 min walk • Teatro Stabile d'Abruzzo is a theatre based in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy which was formed in 2000.
0.7 miN
Forts and castles, History museum, Historical place
Forte Spagnolo, L'Aquila
17 min walk • The Forte Spagnolo is a Renaissance castle in L'Aquila, central Italy.
0.5 miNW
Church, Sacred and religious sites
L'Aquila Cathedral, L'Aquila
13 min walk • L'Aquila Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy, dedicated to Saint Maximus of Aveia and Saint George. It is the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of L'Aquila.
0.4 miNW
Historical place, Square
Piazza del Duomo, L'Aquila
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~1560 ftNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Santa Giusta, L'Aquila
8 min walk • Chiesa di Santa Giusta is a Romanesque church in L'Aquila.
0.4 miNW
Church, Baroque architecture
Santa Maria del Suffragio, L'Aquila
11 min walk • Santa Maria del Suffragio, commonly called the church of Anima Sante, is an 18th-century church in L'Aquila, central Italy. It was begun on October 10, 1713, ten years after the 1703 L'Aquila earthquake damaged the Confraternita del Suffragio's former seat.
0.6 miNW
Church
Santi Marciano e Nicandro, L'Aquila
15 min walk • Chiesa dei Santi Marciano e Nicandro is a church in L'Aquila, central Italy. It was built in Romanesque style in the course of the 13th century, and, after it had been mostly destroyed by an earthquake in 1703, it was renovated in Baroque style.
0.6 miNW
Forts and castles, Historical place
Palazzetto dei Nobili, L'Aquila
16 min walk • The Palazzo della Congregazione dei Nobili, better known as Palazzetto dei Nobili or “Oratorio dei Nobili”, is a historic building of L'Aquila in Southern Italy. The Palace is located in L’Aquila center at piazza Santa Margherita, 2.
0.8 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture, Gothic architecture
San Silvestro, L'Aquila
21 min walk • San Silvestro is a Gothic-style, Roman Catholic, former church in the town of L'Aquila, in the region of Abruzzo, Italy. The church is presently under restoration after the 2009 earthquake.
0.6 miN
Museum, Art museum
Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo, L'Aquila
17 min walk • The Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo is hosted in the Forte Spagnolo of L'Aquila. The Museum is on three floors: on the ground floor, there is the giant skeleton of an Archidiskon meridionalis found a few miles from Aquila in 1954, and an archeological section with pieces of the Italic...

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Which popular attractions are close to Santa Maria di Collemaggio?

Nearby attractions include Orto Botanico dell'Università dell'Aquila, L'Aquila (4 min walk), Parco del Sole, L'Aquila (6 min walk), Santa Giusta, L'Aquila (8 min walk), Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (11 min walk).

How to get to Santa Maria di Collemaggio by public transport?

The nearest stations to Santa Maria di Collemaggio:

Bus

XX Settembre • Lines: 2 (23 min walk)
V.le Corrado IV - TBone • Lines: 1R, 2, 4, CoTraL G2721 (34 min walk)

Train

L'Aquila (28 min walk)