Manoppello
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name = Manoppello
| official_name = Comune di Manoppello
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| image_skyline = Santa Maria Arabona (Manoppello) 025 (RaBoe).jpg
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| image_caption = Church of Santa Maria Arabona
| image_shield = Manoppello-Stemma.png
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| coordinates = {{coord|42|15|29|N|14|03|36|E|display=inline,title}}
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| region = Abruzzo
| province = Pescara (PE)
| frazioni = Manoppello Scalo, Ripacorbaria, Santa Maria Arabona
| mayor_party =
| mayor = Giorgio De Luca
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 39.26
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 6772
| population_as_of = 28 August 2022
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| population_demonym = Manoppellesi
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 217
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| saint = Manoppello Image
| day = Third Monday in May
| postal_code = 65024, 65025, 65020
| area_code = 085
| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.manoppello.pe.it/}}
| footnotes =
}}Manoppello (Abruzzese: {{lang|nap|Manuppèlle}}) is a comune in Abruzzo, in the province of Pescara, south-eastern Italy.
Image:Manoppello volto santo 02.jpg.]]
It is famous for having a church which contains an image on a thin byssus veil, a sudarium, known as the Holy Face of Manoppello and which has been reputed to be identical to the Veil of Veronica.
File:Manoppello volto santo 07.jpg
Other sights include is the Romanesque abbey of Santa Maria Arabona.
Twin towns
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190522173112/http://inside-abruzzo.com/ Inside Abruzzo - Insider tips uncovered]
- [http://www.manoppello.eu Volto Santo di Manoppello Veil, Polish website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401021839/http://www.sudariumchristi.com/uk/come/index.htm Sudarium Christi The Face of Christ] online audio visual featuring texts by sudarium expert Sr. Blandina Paschalis Schlömer et al.
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epACTwQuxgE&list=SPF32FC9003C098D97 The Rediscovered Face - 1] first of four installments of an audiovisual presentation relating the holy image with a number of ancient predecessors, YouTube, access date March 2013.
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Category:Cities and towns in Abruzzo
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