The Abbey of Goleto, ruins on a hill above the Ofanto Valley
Among the hills of Irpinia, the Abbey of Goleto: Romanesque towers, Roman stones and a roofless church tell the story of eight centuries.
Jul 1, 2026Abbazie, monasteri, eremi e santuari isolati d'Italia ed Europa: luoghi dove il silenzio vale quanto la pietra e la spiritualità si respira ancora.
Among the hills of Irpinia, the Abbey of Goleto: Romanesque towers, Roman stones and a roofless church tell the story of eight centuries.
Jul 1, 2026
Clinging to the rock above Lake Maggiore, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, born of a medieval vow, is a rare pocket of silence.
Jul 1, 2026
A few kilometres from Siena, the roofless abbey of San Galgano guards a real sword thrust into the rock: Tuscan history and legend.
Jul 1, 2026
At 804 metres above Genoa, the basilica of the Guardia on Monte Figogna: a pilgrimage along ancient ridge paths, sea views and silence.
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On the Pordenone plain, Sesto al Reghena is a Lombard monastic village: its thousand-year-old basilica holds frescoes and silence.
Jun 23, 2026
The abbey of Pomposa, in the Po delta near Codigoro, guards a Romanesque bell tower of nearly fifty metres and centuries of history.
Jun 23, 2026
A thousand metres up in the Sibillini Mountains, the sanctuary of Macereto is a wind-swept octagonal stone temple on a deserted plateau.
Jun 23, 2026
On Monte Pirchiriano, the Sacra di San Michele is reached by the Stairway of the Dead: a thousand-year-old abbey, symbol of Piedmont, in the Val di Susa.
Jun 23, 2026
Among the hills of the Monferrato, the Abbey of Vezzolano guards one of the most beautiful Romanesque cloisters in Piedmont, a stone's throw from Turin.
Jun 23, 2026