Monte Cassino Abbey
Cassino, Italy
Entry to the abbey is free, with a small charge for the museum, which holds manuscripts, ivories and finds from the…
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Monasteries & Abbeys in Italy
Italy's monasteries include Monte Cassino, rebuilt after the Second World War, the roofless abbey of San Galgano, Sant'Antimo near Montalcino, San Fruttuoso in its cove on the Portofino coast, the Certosa di San Martino and the cloister of Santa Chiara in Naples, and the island monasteries of the Venetian lagoon.
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Abbey of San Galgano
Chiusdino, Italy
The Abbey of San Galgano stands in the countryside near the village of Chiusdino, about thirty kilometres south-west of…
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Eremo delle Carceri
Assisi, Italy
The Eremo delle Carceri, the Hermitage of the Prisons, stands in a wooded gorge on the slopes of Monte Subasio, about…
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Abbey of San Fruttuoso
Camogli, Italy
The abbey charges a modest ticket, and there is no road to it: San Fruttuoso sits in a cove on the Portofino peninsula…
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Abbey of Sant’Antimo
Montalcino, Italy
The abbey church is free to enter and a donation box stands inside.
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Certosa di San Martino
Naples, Italy
The certosa is a state museum with a modest ticket, and it is free on the first Sunday of the month, when it is also…
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Cloister of Santa Chiara
Naples, Italy
The church is free; the ticket is for the majolica cloister, the archaeological area and the small museum, and it is…
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San Francesco del Deserto
Venice, Italy
San Francesco del Deserto is a small island in the northern Venetian lagoon, a few minutes by boat beyond Burano, and…
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Santa Maria di Cerrate Abbey
Lecce, Italy
The Abbey of Santa Maria di Cerrate stands in the countryside about fifteen kilometres north of Lecce, in Puglia,…
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Torba Abbey
Gornate Olona, Italy
The Monastery of Torba stands at the foot of a wooded hill in Gornate Olona, in the province of Varese in Lombardy,…
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Monastery of San Nicolò l’Arena
Catania, Italy
The Benedictine monastery of San Nicolo l'Arena stands in the historic centre of Catania, in Sicily, and it is one…
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San Lazzaro degli Armeni
Venice, Italy
The island can be visited only on a guided tour given by the monks, which runs once a day in the early afternoon and…
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