Teramo

Teramo lies between the Apennines and the Adriatic, at the meeting of the Tordino and Vezzola rivers. Its cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption and to Saint Berardo, preserves the work of craftsmen who adorned the church across several centuries. Among its treasures is a silver altar frontal made by Nicola da Guardiagrele.

The frontal was commissioned by Bishop Giosia d’Acquaviva and made between 1433 and 1448. Its many small reliefs portray episodes from the life of Christ around a central image of the Redeemer. In the same century, rivalry between the Melatino and Della Valle families brought violent factional struggles to Teramo. Centuries later, the town was briefly occupied by French forces in 1798, amid the upheaval that reached the Kingdom of Naples.