Abruzzo’s isolated and silent hilltop churches, cathedrals and monasteries share a common heritage of Benedictine Monks developing both their internal & external decorative arts throughout the Romanesque Period.
The small Chieti town of San Giovanni Teatino’s re-enactment of the rites associated with their patron saint, John the Baptist, foraging for wild herbs and flowers to make the elixir, L’Acqua di San Giovanni illustrates perfectly one of the more colourful ways to learn about Abruzzo and a particular community