Atri Cathedral

Penne Cathedral was preceded by several churches before the year 1000, whose origins can be traced to an ancient pagan temple from Roman times. The cathedral is first mentioned in 868. The cathedral was then rebuilt in Romanesque style in the 12th century, in Gothic style in the 13th century, and restored in Baroque style in the 17th century. Damaged during the Second World War by a bombing in 1944, the façade (rebuilt in 1955), the transept and the apses underwent extensive restoration, during which almost all traces of the medieval plan were lost, except for the crypt.

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.

The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was built from 1886 to 1934 by the architect Porta di Torino as a new parish towards the railway station. With the allied bombings in 1943, the bell tower was damaged, the bells requisitioned by the Germans, but soon the tower was recovered and a new bell tower was rebuilt. The church was built in a neo-Romanesque style with some neo-Gothic elements such as the rose window.