Italy
Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
The Cultural Landscape of the Benedictine Settlements in Medieval Italy is a series of eight medieval Benedictine settlements, scattered along the Italian peninsula.
They constitute the highest and most representative material evidence of Benedictine monasticism, a cultural phenomenon that was born on the Italian peninsula and spread throughout medieval Europe. Two of the complexes are directly connected with the life of St Benedict: the Subiaco Benedictine Complex, where he spent three years as a hermit, and the Montecassino Complex, which was founded by Saint Benedict himself and was where he wrote his Rule.
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- Full Name
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements in Italy (ID: 6107)
- Country
- Italy
- Status
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Nominated 2027
Site history
History of Early Medieval Benedictine settlements
- 2023: Preliminary Assessment
- 2016: Revision
- Includes Former TWHS Sacra di San Michele
- 2016: Added to Tentative List
- Added to tentative list
- Criteria
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- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
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- Religious structure: Christian
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After visiting Ivrea from Torino in the morning I visited the Sacra di San Michele, one of the ten elements of this TWHS, in the afternoon.
Of a few TWHSs around Torino I decided to visit this particular one after hearing about "The seven churches related to Archangel Michael on a mysterious straight line (ie, his sword)", and this Sacra is one of the seven. 3 out of the 7 are already WHSs: Skellig Michael in Ireland, Mont Saint Michel in France and Sanctuary of San Michele (Longobards) in the south of Italy.
On this Sunday there was a shuttle bus at 16.30 from the train station of Avigliana, which is about 40 km west of Torino, to the Sacra, where I arrived at 17.15. Although I was the only passenger in the shuttle, there were several dozen tourists at the Sacra. The entrance to the Sacra closes at 17.30 on Sunday. The last shuttle back to Avigliana train station left the Sacra at 18.45. So I had 90 min. there, which seemed to be the minimum time one should spend here.
Having approached the Sacra from the foot of the mountain by the shuttle bus, I can testify that the view of this imposing church on top of the 962 m Mt. Pirchiriano is no less spectacular than the view of Mont Saint Michel in France. This Sacra has the Italian Alps in the background while Mont Saint Michel has the English Channel. As such, the …
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