Orsogna seems to derive its name from the archaic name of his district located in the valley near the town of Moro, the district Rissogna, namely the district Fraia today.
According to legend, lived in the neighborhood of the bears, as evidenced by the arms. Formerly the country was populated mainly by farmers in Abruzzo, but there were also potters, since the land around the village is argilloso.Questi artisans working in caves in the cliff-lined gullies of the country in a favorable position protected from the winter cold. Today the caves of the artisans are almost completely abandoned by the time of the Second World War, but in many caves have been processing the remains of terracotta.Nel 1881 earthquakes of great intensity Orsogna struck, causing numerous deaths and injuries.
As a ritual, every year Orsogna celebrate the traditional festival Talami . It 's a holiday feature that takes place on the first Tuesday after Easter . For several years is repeated in the edition night, August 15, and in this summer edition attracts a large number of people, even from countries far and above the Orsognesi living abroad and other Italian cities. Each Talamo was inspired by a scene from the Bible and interpreted by actors in front of a backdrop painted buildings by painters orsognesi. Above, a young girl tied to a radial impersonates Lady of Refuge, nacqe in whose honor the party.
Originally it was probably a pagan ritual on the occasion of the return of Spring (like festivals and rituals are to be found, many in civilization 'peasant). With the advent of Christianity - certainly in the late-medieval - the ritual of sacrificial offerings of the first fruits of joy and at the end of winter, was linked to the veneration of Our Lady of Refuge or . Orsogna still a venerated statue of Our Lady of Refuge in place to cover its faithful with his coat - as if it were, in fact, a "refuge" for the devotees. While there is no more 'the ancient and peculiar image of the Black Madonna of Refuge, which was originally connected to the Feast of Talami. That image, much venerated Orsogna, was, until 1943, on the high altar of the Church or Chapel of Our Lady of Refuge, which was completely destroyed by war. The most orsognesi 'elders still remember the beautiful all-white church, not great (approximately 10 meters x 22 meters) but very bright, which stood on the huge cliff that overlooks the valley of the River Moro Maiella Adriatic. It was the position of Orsogna - especially the part facing south toward the valley of the Moro, which was the original core of the country and then there were the churches were erected more 'old - to be determined by the German command - in particular the Marshal Kesselring - The choice of Orsogna as a bulwark to stop the Allies advancing from the south in the summer / autumn of 1943, (DARK RIVER battle), and then the complete evacuation of the civilian population and the almost total destruction of public and private buildings. So the original location of the thalamus that church was located where today is the Piazzale Belvedere.
According to legend, the temple was built in that place because there had appeared, in time immemorial, the Virgin Mary, among the branches of a fig tree.
Pio Costantini writes: " The legend about the origin of the cult of the Black Madonna is very uncertain and not sufficiently rooted in popular belief. It is believed that Our Lady has come from Egypt and has been placed in a tree. In order to worship the construction of the chapel. "" The Madonna of the belief that rests on the shaft is usual in Abruzzo.
The cult of a dark-skinned Madonna and 'fairly widespread in Italy and beyond. Think of the revered Madonna of Loreto (AN) and to Our Lady of Cestokova (Poland).
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