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Saint Mary Announced Monastery at Valsanzibio

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Built in 1233 on the summit of Mount Orbieso, this modest community experienced changing fortunes. Read More
Saint Mary Announced Monastery at Valsanzibio

The Saint Mary Announced Monastery at Valsanzibio is at the end of the Strada Fonda trail, connected to the plains of Steogarda along a short path to the west where a high-altitude road ran from Faedo to Galzignano. Built in 1233 on the summit of Mount Orbieso, this modest community experienced changing fortunes. Following a crisis within the Benedictine Order, the site’s ownership passed to Camaldolese monks. In 1458, it was affiliated to the monastery of St Michael of Murano and in 1770 it was dissolved following a decree issued by the Republic of Venice and converted into a farm. Today, the monastery is in ruins but the buildings that remain still testify to the site’s ancient grandeur: the entire site is surrounded by a twin curtain wall to protect its cloistered status, within which was a rainwater cistern, an arched portico for welcoming guests who came up to the site from the valley below and, at the other end, a secondary entrance that led out into the fields in the plains west of the monastery. The old church was attached to the portico.

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Sentiero Atestino, Galzignano Terme (PD)