Santa Maria d’Arabona
The monastic complex may have been founded in 1208 on top of an existing building dedicated to earth worship. It is now one of the surviving examples French Gothic architecture in Abruzzo. The shape of the church is a simple Latin cross. The nave leads to the apse which encloses the altar.
The transept is flanked by side altars.
The Gothic tabernacle, set against one wall, is noteworthy, as is the Easter candelabrum that sits with airy lightness on a slim pedestal, supported by two dogs and a rampant lion (the second of the pair is missing), enveloped in foliage decoration. The three paintings that decorate the choir stall walls are signed by Antonio Martini of Atri and dated 1337. The exterior is decorated with two rose windows, one in the apse, with five rows of monoforium windows below its, and the other in the transept near the bell tower. The missing wing has been replaced with glass panels opening out on to the beautiful gardens that surround the church.

San Liberatore a Maiella
The church of S. Liberatore was governed by Montecassino and run by the Abbot’s rector. Built in 1007 by the monk Teobaldo, it was re-constructed in 1080 by Desiderio, Abbot of Montecassino who sent artists and masons to start a school which undertook church construction in Abruzzo.
The façade design recalls Lombard style and it has in the upper order three simple monoforium windows, and in the lower order three portals typical of the most ancient kind of Abruzzese Gothic.
The interior has a basilica layout: a nave and two aisles cadenced by seven round arches resting on rectangular pillars. The ceiling has been rebuilt with exposed wooden trusses
The remains of a polychromatic geometric composition, made by marquetry craftsmen in 1200, decorate the floor of the central nave. Before its restoration the apse dome had two superimposed frescoes, which have been separated.
The more recent, dated around 1500, was transferred into several panels and depicts Teobaldo, the monk in the act of donating the church. The fresco left in the place dates back to the 12th century and traces of saintly figures are visible. The square-base ambo rests on four plinthless columns and bears a striking resemblance to those of S. Clemente at Casauria and S.Pelino a Corfinio, both of the late 12th century.
Walking behind the abbey we find a group of hillside tombs adjacent to an architectural complex formed by a central body and small rooms excavated in the rock, probably the monks' cells.

The Hermitage of Saint Onofrio
Not far from Serramonacesca we find the hermitage of Sant'Onofrio, probably constructed between the 11th and the 14th centuries by exploiting a small natural shelter. Unique features of this location include the Cot of Sant' Onofrio, the sleeping place of the saint where pilgrims continue the tradition of ritual rubbing *.
*The earth as the origin of life, the earth as an enormous and indistinct mass, an animated body in which to relinquish personal evil without harm. These two meanings seem to form the basis of the old tradition of Abruzzo involving rubbing the body - usually the back, arm and stomach, but sometimes also the head - against the rock of grottoes and tombstones. A tradition particularly alive in the hermitage of Sant'Onofrio where pilgrims would often lie in the cavities where the saint had lain- the so-called crib. Although there is no "specific" saint with the powers of curing by such rubbing in Abruzzo tradition, reference was normally made to those linked to the grottoes or to those associated with rock chairs or beds.