La Casetta Di Gerosa, Montemonaco

La Casetta Di Gerosa: location in San Giorgio all'Isola

San Giorgio all'Isola lies along the road that descends from Montemonaco toward Comunanza: past the fork at the edge of the village and the hamlet of Ropaga, the road reaches the hamlet's church and, after about a kilometer, the shores of the lake.

La Casetta Di Gerosa: what to see nearby

Lago di Gerosa is a reservoir at 650 m above sea level, about 400 m wide and about 2 km long, fed mainly by the Aso river. The dam was inaugurated in 1983 to create a water reserve for periods of drought, and today the lake marks the boundary between Montemonaco, Montefortino and Comunanza. It is popular with anglers and sailors, hosts rowing races and has a few small beaches along its shores.

The Romanesque church of San Giorgio all'Isola, overlooking the lake, belonged for centuries to the monks of Farfa and is mentioned in a deed of 996. In the apse it preserves remains of Byzantine-style 12th-century frescoes with the Deesis, the «Great Prayer» of Eastern origin, and under the canopy 16th-century frescoes by G. Agnelli: it should be seen as a historic monument, marked by the 2016 earthquake.