{"id":311364,"date":"2024-08-09T22:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/what-to-see\/calascio-church-of-st-mary-of-mercy-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:24:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T12:24:44","slug":"calascio-church-of-santa-maria-della-pieta","status":"publish","type":"what-to-see","link":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/calascio-church-of-santa-maria-della-pieta\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Santa Maria della Piet\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Maria della Piet\u00e0, a historic gem hidden in the mountains of Abruzzo. Located at an altitude of 1,500 meters near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/what-to-see\/calascio-castle-of-rocca-calascio\/\"><strong>Rocca Calascio Castle<\/strong><\/a>, this picturesque little church dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries and offers breathtaking views of the Navelli Plain and its ancient sheep-track.<\/p>\n<p>Situated on the scenic road leading to Santo Stefano di Sessanio, in the province of Calascio, the church of Santa Maria della Piet\u00e0 \u00e8 a place of great charm within the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park.<\/p>\n<p>A fascinating plunge into history reveals that the church stands on the site of an ancient votive shrine that celebrated the local people&#8217;s resistance against a band of brigands; a historical fact that recalls the courage and resilience of the local people.<\/p>\n<p>The octagonal structure with an eight-segmented dome holds artistic treasures such as a depiction of the Miraculous Virgin and a sculpture depicting armed St. Michael. Now used as an oratory, the Church of Santa Maria della Piet\u00e0 remains a place of spiritual and cultural pilgrimage, offering an extraordinary panoramic view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the Church of Santa Maria della Piet\u00e0 in Rocca Calascio, a charming little octagonal church nestled in the mountains of Abruzzo, overlooking the Navelli Plain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":238261,"template":"","village-conntection":[50481],"what-to-see-region-and-provinces":[76400,101783],"what-to-see-category":[30159],"class_list":["post-311364","what-to-see","type-what-to-see","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","village-conntection-calascio-it","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-abruzzo-en","what-to-see-region-and-provinces-laquila-en","what-to-see-category-place-of-cult"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/311364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/what-to-see"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see\/311364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"village-conntection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/village-conntection?post=311364"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-region-and-provinces","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-region-and-provinces?post=311364"},{"taxonomy":"what-to-see-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-borghi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/what-to-see-category?post=311364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}