Abbey of Santa Lucia, Romanesque abbey in Rocca di Cambio, Italy.

The Abbey of Santa Lucia in Rocca di Cambio has a sober façade with a 15th-century Romanesque portal and a small medieval rose window. Its Latin-cross interior is divided into three naves of nearly identical width, ending in a wide presbytery without an apse. The right transept wall holds a 15th-century Gothic-Renaissance ciborium.

The abbey first appears in written records in 1313 through a diocesan inventory of L'Aquila. This document confirms that the monastery was already well-established in central Italy by the early 14th century.

The north transept wall is painted in three bands: the lower one shows the Last Supper with Christ at the head of the table, each apostle named in Latin, and Paul in place of Judas. A panel beside it shows the Madonna and Child with Santa Lucia and a church dignitary thought to be Celestine V. In August the abbey hosts classical concerts with the Officina musicale dell'altopiano delle Rocche.

The monastery sits on a plateau along an ancient Roman road between two archaeological sites. Visitors can access the space during religious services and classical music events that take place regularly in summer.

Beneath the monastery lies a crypt containing fragments of the original church and preserving frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries. These underground artworks were painted by Andrea Di Litio and represent a rare example of completely preserved medieval paintings in this part of Italy.