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The Abbey of San Clemente in a Casauria Comitatu Aprutino, among the possessions of the year 875 are reported by the sources mentioned Guardiae Castrum, Castellum Vetulum, Monascum, although the situation seems fairly attributable to the tenth century, while the S. Monasterium Dementis is documented in the 1121 Cumulative

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The Castrum Castrum Vetulum Monascum Guardiae and then Castelbasso, are still listed among the possessions of the abbey of Casauria in 1136, 1166, and 1191, yet in 1251 San Clemente Guard was part of the territory of the 'Abbey of San Giovanni in Venere , although the bubble creation in 1252 of the diocese of Atri is mentioned among the churches in San Clemente in subject Casauria passed under the jurisdiction of the new bishop. However, perhaps due to the fact that the bubble of Anastasius IV in 1153 seems clearly to indicate the Vomano river as the southern border of the diocese to diocese Aprutina probably the union of Atri Casauria properties north of the river was never effective, even if in 1328 the provost of St. Clement paid tithes to the bishop of Teramo effective control, however, remained the abbots, and again in 1605 the two centers were under the spiritual jurisdiction Branconio commendatory Abbot, who was succeeded by Cardinal Antonio Barberini and D. Giovanni Colonna.

The situation continued for a long time, "while since 1580 the bishops had brought their claims before the Roman Rota in Rome, obtaining a first negative opinion on the other", repeating the question, then in 1616 in the Sacred Congregation of the Council first and then again in Rota, following an interim decision and four contradictory, in part favorable to the bishop, in part to the abbots. For some time, however, each had ceased and the monastic life, monks' houses collapsed or were reduced to farmhouses and care was exercised by two commendatory abbots chaplains to which the tithes had intended, however, seems to fit the structure of monastic settlement in an area more old: in fact, despite being mentioned as Castrum Guard, nevertheless does not seem to be at least as a site even in 1932 during work inside the country furinvenuto, two meters below street level, near the house Riccitelli. A bronze of Caligula, which would indicate, with a fragment of the frieze and metopes triglyphs stone with an inscription, and four ancient columns reused in the ciborium of the church attendance is one of the site since Roman times. Recent work along the road that connects San Clemente Guardia

about 100 m northwest of the junction with the road that goes back to SS 150, have also brought to light the remains of a Roman villa, already mentioned, occupied by the first century BC to the beginning of at least v (CA, site 14), for which the monastic settlement. While well attested in later times, would fit well in a more general process of reoccupation of monastic sites in Rome. The present church, built in 1108, still retained the source in 1595. Baptism and buried faces. as per ancient custom, the inhabitants of the Guard, and a crypt under the church was supported by stone columns.

Between San Clemente and Rural Guard was the church of San Sebastian. The ruins were demolished during the construction of modern schools of the Guard, while on the hill to Notaresco was that of St. Martin. built in 1134, collapsed before the seventeenth century, when the plaque that commemorated the building was, from its portal, delivered at St. Clement. The church was located not far from a rustic settlement, probably developed in the late Republican era, which exist in places Podere San Gabriel, in a word Vigne. Other rural churches were St. Nicholas, situated not far from the village, finally collapsed in 1820, and St. Peter's Montarone, also abandoned and located at a settlement has existed since ancient times in places on the Hill Montarone Capracchia. They are in fact visible in the remains of an extensive area of ��Roman rustic, perhaps a small alley evidenced by fragments of roofing tile and flooring earthenware and ceramic material.

The site, which is significantly associated with the cult of St. Peter, has also returned, perhaps reflecting a continuity of life between you and ninth centuries, fragments of pottery painted in thick red lines, so the settlement could be one of the points continuity between the ancient and late medieval topography in the area, which is probably related to the mention of villae, ie settlements in order, the sources of the eleventh century.

The territory was part of the Abbey of San Clemente from the beginning also Castelbasso, Castellum Vetulum Monascum, offshore settlement that has preserved a long time traces of a different topography of his apartment into parochial. Again in 1595 because the village was divided in half between the provost and the dean of St. Peter St. Andrew's Church which is located just east of the village, mentioned in the eleventh century and restored in 1230, was to collapse, reducing the two together to exercise care in St. Peter's, while retaining their powers strictly separated. The Palma notes that "the places of the two churches and regulated by certain procedures between the provost and the dean lice argue that St. Peter was the first country in the parish of St. Andrew's fortifications and the rear was a sojourner of the East", and anyway situation bears witness to an earlier, different topography, residential and precise evidence found during the reconnaissance. To the north of the cemetery of the village are in fact the remains of a settlement

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rustic Roman times, evidenced by fragments of tiles, tiles, vases and ceramic material, while to the east, about 300 northwest of the farm in the village Manucci Mulano were found the remains of the church of Santa Maria di Melano (or Mulano) least in the XIII century and surrounded by a necropolis of the settlement shows that a time exists.