Founded around the year 520 this is the oldest monastery in Italy and the oldest Benedictine monastery in the world
Only the perimeter walls of the church remaining as testimony to this important monastery
A tour of the famous semi-cavernous monastery where St. Benedict wrote his famous rule.
Norcia is famous for its culinary offerings, stunning scenery and local beer
The path that traces the life of St. Benedict of Nursia from his hometown to the abbey of Montecassino.
Famous abbey where St. Benedict is buried and which was the scene of a terrible battle in World War II.
A church that houses valuable treasures, including some frescoes rescued from the nearby Rupestrian Church
This castle is the birthplace of one of the greatest Doctors of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas.
The hermitage includes a church with a small apse and is adorned with valuable 11th-12th century Byzantine and Benedictine style frescoes