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The fresco, painted during the nineteenth century, is inserted in a frame of gilded plaster and decorated the ceiling of the chancel of the parish church of Guardia Vomano, part of Notaresco. At the center of the oval painting (size cm. 200 x 100) stands the figure of St. Rocco, next to which a kneeling devotee, while

behind the saint is depicted a landscape in which they are recognizable in the center, the bell tower and the church of S. Rocco Vomano Guard.
The origin of Vomano Guard goes back to the early period of the invasion of Alboino and therefore it would be a center to defend the fortified Lombard Vomano Valley, this origin is confirmed by the structure of the village divided into two parts, of which the top, perched on a hill, is called the "Civitella", and by the same name, in clear Lombard. Although we do not know for sure when it started in fact Guard Vomano

it is certain that in 875 the "Castrum Guardiae" (namely, the Fortress Guard) already exists, it is mentioned in the document of foundation and endowment of the monastery of St. Clement Casauria; therefore seems safe to assume that Vomano Guard with its territory was owned by Benedictine and directly subjected to Casauria through the church of S. Clemente Vomano. The Benedictine presence influenced the lives of Guardia Civil Vomano again until the beginning of the century. XIX, while the country was on a political level since 1424 and submitted to the Acquaviva until the middle of the century. XVIII, finally losing its autonomy in 1813, when it was annexed in Notaresco. Inside the village is reported to the parish church, dedicated to St. Rocco, which was built in 1527 and renovated in the eighteenth century with the addition of the brick bell tower (visible in the fresco), within the church are two fine works: a terracotta statue representing the Virgin (dating to c. . XVI) and a painting of the Madonna with child saints Joachim and Anna, of sec. XVII.