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From San Bernardino in L'Aquila we descend to the piazza, follow Via Fortebraccio straight ahead and continue through the Porta Bazzano to the magnificent church, formerly belonging to the Celestine order, of Santa Maria di Collemaggio, founded about 1280 by Pietro da Morrone, who was crowned here as Pope Celestine V in 1294. The church has a Baroque interior, with the Pope's Renaissance tomb (1517) and wall paintings by Ruter, a pupil of Rubens, depicting his life and deeds.
Hobbies & Activities category: Paintings, art collections;  Christian sites;  Architecture - Renaissance;  Architecture - Baroque or Rococo;  Tombs, burial site
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