Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Cathedral of Pescara is a fairly recent building, built in the 1930s (1933-1938). Before it was built there was a seventeenth-century church, but it was in a bad state at the beginning of the twentieth century. Shortly after the completion of the new church, the Second World War broke out and the facade of the church was damaged as a result. Subsequently renovated, the church became a cathedral in 1949.

The Basilica of the Madonna dei Sette Dolori is an important sanctuary dedicated to Maria Addolorata, venerated through a feast that takes place every year on the first Sunday of June and attracts faithful from all over the region. Legend has it that the Madonna appeared on the spot, painted on a stone. Shortly after the Marian apparition, a chapel was erected with an altar on which the image was placed. In the middle of the 16th century the construction of a larger church began and was completed in 1757.

Chieti Cathedral dates back to the 10th century. Due to subsequent renovations, especially the 1920s renovation in the neo-gothic style, the bell tower is the only remaining work from the original medieval church. The spire, however, is the result of the reconstruction of the 1920s, inspired by that of the cathedral of Teramo, or the cathedral of Atri.