Oasi S. Maria Dei Monti Dei Frati Minori

Beautiful place with a 360 degree view of unspoiled nature. For believers then it calls for an intense spirituality.

religious place in the municipality of Grottammare

I cannot express myself because I was passing by and I caught a glimpse of the outside

Beautiful place. Go and visit it I believe that for everyone it can have a different meaning.

A few years ago, I had a spiritual retreat here. I actually experienced an Oasis of "Peace". Highly recommended ?

This is the church where I got married! If this is not enough !! Beautiful church situated on the hills next to the sea, in the green; is held by the Franciscan friars. From the city center you can get there in 5 minutes by car. Parking is convenient. All around the green and the view of the town seen from above. To visit.

Located in Grottammare Alto in a flat area, near a garden with a wonderful panoramic view. Satisfy the sight of, Grottammare and San BENEDETTO del TRONTO in the distance. A short distance from the church there is the old part to visit with its towers, attached houses and narrow alleys with arcades. Beautiful square where the municipality resides. Visiting it repays you for everything.

The structure visible today dates back to the early seventeenth century and is due to Father Nicola da Monteprandone, of the order of the Reformed Minor Friars, who proposed the establishment of a religious community in the place where a small Marian sanctuary stood, built between the fourteenth and the fifteenth century, as a protection from the plague and dedicated to the Madonna dei Monti. The area is also of considerable archaeological interest, as documented by some findings. Father Nicola was able to take possession of the church and the surrounding land on 14 July 1614. He was entrusted with the direction of the works and a part of the convent was immediately built, where the religious settled, starting to officiate in the existing church. Once the monastery was completed, the new church was built, making sure that the image of the Madonna painted on the wall of the ancient sanctuary could be preserved. Today only a fragment of this votive fresco is visible with the Madonna and Child, located in the apse above the wooden choir, which is the fragment saved from a fire that destroyed much of the painting. The entire structure, including the vegetable gardens, the lawn and the large garden, was surrounded by a wall. In the nineteenth century the complex underwent various events, following the Napoleonic conquest, the restoration and unification of Italy. Following the Napoleonic suppressions, the church was annexed to the parish and the convent was put up for auction and purchased by Giambattista Giammarini. With the Restoration the complex was returned to the friars, who returned there in 1816. After the unification of Italy, the Rattazzi law of 1855 was extended by the Piedmontese state to all of Italy, which decreed the suppression of religious corporations, particularly affecting the Augustinian and Franciscan convents. In 1864, following this law, the monastery was suppressed, the friars left the convent and the assets were assigned to the municipality of Grottammare. Among the possessions of the convent there was an organ built by the organ builder Gaetano Callido in 1784, for this church. THE n following its suppression, the organ was transferred in 1864 to the Church of San Pio V, in Grottammare, where it can still be seen today. In 1879 the convent became the seat of the Peretti boarding school, which remained open until 1918. In 1935 the friars asked the town of Grottammare to be allowed to return to the convent, which was sold to them with its appurtenances for £ 35,000. On this occasion the complex was rearranged. Since the early 1950s, the structure has changed its name to Oasis of Santa Maria ai Monti dei Frati Minori Reformati and has become a meeting and residence destination for associations, priests, nuns and private citizens. The complex has two buildings, dating back to the last century, located to the west and north of the church.