Sesto al Reghena, the abbey hidden in the forest of Friuli
On the Pordenone plain, Sesto al Reghena is a Lombard monastic village: its thousand-year-old basilica holds frescoes and silence.
Jun 23, 2026Abbazie, monasteri, eremi e santuari isolati d'Italia ed Europa: luoghi dove il silenzio vale quanto la pietra e la spiritualità si respira ancora.
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
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
The hermitage of San Romedio, in the Val di Non: five little churches climb seventy metres up a rocky spur in Trentino.
Jun 23, 2026
Suspended on a rocky spur in the Maiella, the hermitage linked to Pietro da Morrone remains one of the quietest and least-visited places in Abruzzo.
Jun 23, 2026
A little-visited UNESCO heritage site, the Sacro Monte di Belmonte offers baroque chapels, woods and a sweeping view over the Piedmontese plain.
Jun 21, 2026
Between two glacial lakes in Wicklow, Glendalough holds an ancient monastic site and its round tower: the silent face of Ireland.
Jun 21, 2026
At Voroneț, in Romanian Bukovina, the open-air frescoes of the painted monasteries have told sacred stories on their outer walls for five centuries.
Jun 21, 2026
In southern Georgia, Vardzia is a medieval monastery carved into the tufa, with hundreds of caves clinging to the mountainside.
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