Guilmi
Guilmi is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. It is located on a hill Colle San Giovanni nearby the Sinello valley, from which the skyline of the village clearly sticks out with the profile of the water cisterne and the church of Santa Maria Immacolata. A legend reports that the ancient Guilmi, then called Tripaldi, was on the two banks of the Sinello river, but the village was destroyed in circa 1720 by an invasion of termites. The patron of Guilmi is Saint Nicholas of Bari, celebrated on May 4rth and 5th with a procession in traditional costumes where the women carry on their heads the "conca", that is a brass vase filled with traditional foods and sweets, which is sold in order to make offering to the church. Other feasts: St. Mary Magdalen on July 21. Sagra della "ventricina" on August 14th. The "ventricina" is a typical salami from Guilmi made with pork meat and spicies.
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View of Guilmi
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Mouldings with the inscription: Beware God is watching over us. 1769
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