Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore

Tuscany · Italy

Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Italy
Photo: Adrian Michael, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Set among cypresses in the eroded clay hills of the Crete Senesi, this Benedictine abbey guards a cloister frescoed with the life of Saint Benedict by Signorelli and Sodoma. Its carved wooden choir is a masterwork of inlay.

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