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• The Hermitage of St Spirito a Majella Built probably in a period antecedent the year of thousand, in 1050 here lived Desiderio, future Pope Vittore III, and in 1248 Pietro da Morrone, future Pope Celestino V. It is an abbey set in the cliff in the heart of the Majella mountain. In the time it had some architectonic modifications, but it represents the most important retreat of Abruzzo and it is one of the most loved by tourists.

• The hermitage of St Bartolomeo In the middle of th walloon of St Spirito you can find the hermitage of St Bartolomeo in Legio, one of the most important in Abruzzo, certainly the most evocative. Composed of a small church nearly all dug in the cliff, except from the external wall made in masonry. Every year, the 25th of august, the little church is caught up from hundred of faithfuls who carry the statue of St Bartolomeo from the church of Roccamorice back to the hermitage.

• Climbing walls Roccamorice climbing walls are a meeting place for the italian climbers. The walls are suited both for beginners and experts of this sport, which has here in Abruzzo its roots. In fact the first documented sport scaling was made on the Gran Sasso in 1573.

• Historical center The structure introduces typically medieval settings, narrow streets, constructions that use the typical white stone of the Majella mountain. It is situated on a cliff spur, offering splendid naturalistic landscapes.

• Tholos Used from the shepherds like shelter or place to rest, the tholos are constructions in which every piece of stone comes rested on the lower one, without any use of cement. The Majella has to its inside 75% of tholos of all the Abruzzo district. Tholos have become an unmissable stage to discover the Majella Park.

• The territory Roccamorice and its mountain introduce a luxuriant flora and fauna. Majella with beyond 2100 kinds of vegetables, contains one-third of all the italian flora. Among the faunistic species we remember the Appennine wolf, the Appennine chamois, the red deer, the vixen, the otter, the golden eagle, the pilgrim falcon.