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Located on Mount Salviano, the sanctuary was rebuilt by the people of Avezzano at the beginning of the 19th century on the basis of a smaller place of worship dating back to the 13th century. The church and the original nucleus were destroyed by Charles I of Anjou in retaliation after the victory over Corradino di Svevia in 1268 following the battle of Tagliacozzo . Along the Via Crucis of Mount Salviano is the chapel that preserves the stone where, according to legend, at the beginning of the 19th century the Madonna's horse cut one of its hooves with a blow. Mary asked a deaf-mute shepherd, after having restored his speech and hearing, to invite the inhabitants to rebuild the sanctuary dedicated to her. The new religious building of modest dimensions was built starting from the early 17th century and was definitively expanded in the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, the convent and the bell tower were rebuilt by order of Alessandro Torlonia, drainer and prince of Fucino. The structure has a Latin cross base with a single nave. The convent, located next to the church, is guarded by the Capuchin friars and annexes the Domus Mariae built in the 1950s.
The Sanctuary of the Madonna di Pietraquaria is a church situated on Mount Salviano at about 1,000 metres ASL in the municipal territory of Avezzano, Abruzzo, Central Italy.
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Laboratorio Artigiano Ennio Gentile
Exhibition of antique furniture, artistic decorations, antiques.
The manor was built in 1490 by Gentile Virginio Orsini on the remains of the pre-existing 12th century tower of the feudal lord Gentile di Palearia. Thanks to Marcantonio Colonna, who chose Avezzano among his residences, in the 16th century the castle was adapted to a fortified noble palace surrounded by a garden. Severely damaged by the 1915 earthquake and the bombings of 1944, it was restored in the 1990s based on a project by the architect Alessandro Del Bufalo after a long planning and bureaucratic process. On the first floor, the stage and stalls for theatrical performances and conferences were built, while some areas of the upper floor hosted the modern art gallery for several years. You can admire the models reproducing some historical areas of the city before the 1915 earthquake such as Piazza Castello and Palazzo Torlonia.
Museo dell'intrattenimento elettronico
The museum, dedicated to electronics and information technology, permanently houses computers, consoles, pinball machines, arcade cabinets and video games made between the 1970s and the 2000s on a covered surface of approximately 1,500 m². Inaugurated in 2021, it features two large game rooms, two test rooms for playful interaction and exhibition spaces dedicated to retrogaming and retrocomputing. The game rooms do not feature gambling systems and smoking and drinking alcohol are prohibited. The museum spaces highlight the ingenious works of electronic, digital and musical entertainment.