7 Sights in Chieti, Italy (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Chieti, Italy! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Chieti. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Chieti1. Chiesa di San Domenico
The church of San Domenico is located in Chieti, on Corso Marrucino, overlooking Piazza Giovan Battista Vico. Built as a monastery dedicated to St. Anne, run by the Piarist monks of St. Joseph Calasanz, from the second half of the 1600s it housed a school of classical studies, in contrast to the Jesuit College of St. Ignatius, which in September 1861 became one of the first royal classical high schools in Abruzzo, called the "Giambattista Vico" boarding school. It also houses a national boarding school. Since the Dominican monastery and the church, a short distance away on Corso Marrucino, were demolished in 1913 in agreement with the Province of Chieti to build a new building, the Government Palace, the church with the Pious Schools took on the current name of San Domenico al Corso - San Domenico nuovo.
2. Museo Archeologico Nazionale d'Abruzzo - La Civitella
The archaeological museum "La Civitella" is located in the archaeological park of "La Civitella" in Chieti on a project by the architect Ettore De Lellis, former designer of the Paludi Museum in Celano. Today's museum structure, which is partly located in the basement, is an integral part of a complex with gardens, pedestrian areas, an auditorium, an archaeological laboratory, rooms for recreational and educational activities and an environment for temporary exhibitions.
3. Chiesa di San Francesco
The church of San Francesco, known as "al Corso" for its urban position or also "della scarpa" by virtue of the presence of the Conventual Franciscans, is the most important church in Chieti from a historical, artistic and architectural point of view, after the adjacent cathedral of San Giustino.
4. Chiesa di Santa Chiara
The church of Santa Chiara is a church in Chieti, Italy, located in the middle of Via Arniense. It is a rectory, that is, a church that is not a parish seat but still significant. Built starting from the mid-seventeenth century but actually decorated and enriched in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it has a considerable amount of fine Baroque stuccoes, an organ by Adriano Fedri and some paintings of moderate value. Its rector is Don Luigi Gentile.
5. Museo Archeologico Nazionale d'Abruzzo - Villa Frigerj
Villa Frigerj is a historic building in Chieti, located in Via Guido Costanzi. It currently houses the National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo. It was the seat of the "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University.
6. Cattedrale di San Giustino
Chieti Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Chieti, dedicated to Saint Justin of Chieti. Formerly the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Chieti, it is now the seat of the Archbishops of Chieti-Vasto.
7. Museo Universitario di Chieti
The Chieti Museum of Biomedical Sciences is a medical museum, located in Chieti, Abruzzo. It was established in 1994 at Palazzo De Pasquale, promoted by Luigi Capasso. D'Annunzio University assumed governance of the Museum in 2010.
Wikipedia: Chieti Museum of Biomedical Sciences (EN), Website
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