Stock Photo - Abruzzo Pescara Loreto Aprutino S. Maria in Piano, this is my Italy, the italian country of visual history, Exterior views include a portico with four arches, a tower, an ornately sculptured portal with a fresco of the Pieta in the lunette 1559. Views of the interior include a stoup, 17th century wood pulpit, altar paintings, marble altar and baroque altarpiece with details of sculptures and paintings. Most views are of the 14th century frescoes. On the entrance wall is a curious scene of the Last Judgment Christ in a mandorla sits enthroned among various saints, music-making angels, Virgins and Patriarchs three saints kneel below him, one in bishops' robes and two in Capuchin habit instruments of the Passion lay on a table. In the lower register, nude souls cross a bridge, are judged by St. Michael, and then climb up a palm tree to enter a house whereupon they are clothed and dance. Other frescoes include scenes of the life of St. Thomas under which is much graffiti, and various saints such as St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. Lucy, St. Anthony Abbot, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. Jerome.