Abbazie, monasteri, eremi e santuari isolati d'Italia ed Europa: luoghi dove il silenzio vale quanto la pietra e la spiritualità si respira ancora.
At the mouth of the Frasassi gorge, in the Marche, San Vittore alle Chiuse is one of the most intact Romanesque churches in Italy: worth a stop.
Jun 23, 2026
A village of a few hundred souls tucked beneath limestone cliffs, an abbey that founded Cluny, and a waterfall that only flows after rain.
Aug 3, 2026
In 1223 Francis of Assisi invented the living nativity scene here. Every December the cliff-side sanctuary of Greccio does it again, in the exact spot where it first happened.
Jul 9, 2026
The Tuscan stretch of the Via di Francesco crosses the Casentino and the Valdambra for 150 km, past Camaldolese abbeys, medieval villages and deserted Sienese hills.
Jul 9, 2026
At 1,159 metres in the Biella Alps, the Sanctuary of Oropa is one of the largest Baroque complexes in Italy and a place of genuine peace among the mountains.
Jul 9, 2026
The Sacro Monte of Varallo, the first and most monumental in Italy, tells the life of Christ in 44 chapels with 800 life-size statues: a theatre of faith in the forest.
Jul 9, 2026
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
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.
Jun 23, 2026