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Terrisio di Atina and Carnival

Terrisio di Atina, who lived in the first half of the 1200, was a magister (professor) at the Studium (university) in Naples, and a circle of students had to be built around him, ready to joke. We received three humorous letters relating to the teaching activity: in the last one, the professor Terrisio, “cui nomen […]

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Terrisio of Atina and the Carnival

Terrisio di Atina, vissuto nella prima metà del 1200, fu magister (professore) presso lo Studium (università) di Napoli, e attorno a lui si dovette senz’altro costruire un circolo di allievi, pronti anche allo scherzo. Ci sono pervenute tre lettere umoristiche relative all’attività didattica: nell’ultima di queste lettere, il maestro Terrisio, “cui nomen est terroris”, cioè […]

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The Hill of Santo Stefano in Atina: historical heart of the Comino Valley

La Collina di Santo Stefano: l’antica acropoli di Atina In una posizione panoramica a circa 150 metri di dislivello dal centro storico di Atina, la Collina di Santo Stefano rappresenta uno dei luoghi più suggestivi e ricchi di storia della Valle di Comino. Raggiungibile a piedi attraverso i sentieri del parco comunale, custodisce testimonianze archeologiche di epoca […]

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San Marco Galileo

Marco di Atina detto Galileo, fu contemporaneo di Gesù e originario della Galilea. Giunto alla maggiore età, dopo un lungo viaggio, arrivò ad Atina. Qui, ospite del nobile e ricco Palaziano, il più illustre di tutta la città, che aveva accolto l’apostolo Pietro proveniente da Antiochia diretto a Roma, ricevette il battesimo e si mise […]

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La cinta muraria di Atina

Il 9 Settembre 1349, il primitivo borgo medievale di Atina, che sorgeva sulla collina di Santo Stefano, fu distrutto da uno spaventoso terremoto. «Fu un evento non molto chiaro, non si sa ancora bene se fu un terremoto unico o una serie. Distrusse Atina, fece danni a Napoli, Sulmona, arrivando fino a Viterbo e Orvieto. […]

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The cult of the Dormant Madonna in Atina

The finding of the statue (1856) In 1856, the remains of the ancient statue of the Dormant Madonna were found in Atina thanks to two devout citizens. They had been animated by tales, repeatedly heard by people worthy of faith, which told of the ancient feast and of the existence of a statue displayed on the occasion of the celebration of Mary's Transit. [...]

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Atina, Trio Degradabile in concert.

The Trio Degradabile has to its credit numerous concerts throughout Italy, a tour with the American trombonist Ed Neumeister, concerts with guests such as Fabio Morgera, Stefano Battaglia, Roberto Gatto, Lorenzo Brusci, Stefano Bollani and others.The music proposed for this new project is the music of the great multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk. A kind of meteor gone mad that has [...]

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Atina, ducal palace, work at the pole.

Work on the restoration of the courtyard of the Ducal Palace located in Piazza Saturno in the town's historic centre has been at a standstill for about a year (€600,000). It seems that the superintendence has run out of cash and that there is no money in the till to pay for the work that the company has so far [...].

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Missing churches

Church of St. Mary in the View

Marc'Antonio Palombo, describing events related to Bishop Boniface, provides sufficient evidence to affirm the existence of another church dedicated to the Virgin, located just above the place now called “Veduta”. He identifies its presence through the discovery of fragments of masonry with pictorial decorations, as well as a sepulchre and two bells, found in his time. [...]

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Missing churches

Church of S. Croce nel Monte

On the top of a low, pyramid-shaped mountain, leaning against Monte Ordicoso (now called Monte Prato), located to the south and clearly visible from our town, stood the church mentioned in the diplomas of Innocent III and Honorius III as Santa Croce del Monte. Although today it is completely in ruins, it still preserves the [...]