Sacro Speco of Subiaco

Lazio · Italy

Sacro Speco of Subiaco, Italy
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Clinging to a cliff above the Aniene gorge, this monastery grew around the cave where Saint Benedict lived as a hermit. Its stacked chapels are covered in medieval frescoes reached by stairways cut into the rock.

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