Benedictines
Autonomous communities of monks living in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | The monastery was settled by Benedictines from the Gorze monastery near Metz. (wiki) | |
| Benedictine Convent of St. John | ||
| Canterbury | St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine abbey | |
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | Monastery at Bellosguardo, Grotta dell'Angelo | |
| Corvey | Monastery is Benedictine | |
| Dubrovnik | A Benedictine Monastery was founded on the island of Lokrum in 1063. They stayed until 1798. The ruins remain. | |
| Durham Castle and Cathedral | "Durham Cathedral was founded as a Benedictine Foundation and remained as such until the Reformation." | |
| Ferrara | Pomposa Abbey | |
| Florence | Badia Fiorentina | |
| Hildesheim Cathedral and Church | St. Michael was a Benedictine abbey church | |
| Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | The local Benedictine monasteries started the vineyards here | |
| Lübeck | St.-Johannis-Kloster | |
| Mont-Saint-Michel | Benedictine Abbey | |
| Pannonhalma | ||
| Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | Portovenere is an important cultural centre. Among the remains to be found there are those of a .. a Benedictine monastic establishment with a fine proto-Romanesque church (AB ev) | |
| Quedlinburg | St. Mary Convent | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | Goslar: Neuwerkkirche in Goslar from 1199 until the reformation | |
| Regensburg | The town has 3 Benedictine monasteries | |
| Reichenau | Abbey of Reichenau | |
| Reims | Benedictine Abbey | |
| Rome | St. Paul outside the Walls | |
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Church of Saint-Pierre at Moissac was a Benedictine abbey until 1626 | |
| Saint-Emilion | Built the Monolithic Church | |
| Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | It was founded as a Benedictine Abbey | |
| Salzburg | The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter and The Nonnberg Benedictine Nunnery | |
| Santiago de Compostela | Monastery and Church of San Martiño Pinario & Monastery and Church of San Paio de Antealtares are former Benedictine monasteries | |
| Studley Royal Park | The Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 by thirteen Benedictine monks (wiki) | |
| Val di Noto | San Niccol? l'Arena in Catania | |
| Vézelay | ||
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | Melk and Gottweig |
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