13/07/2013

Switzerland - Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. A.D. 800, along with Romanesque frescoes and stuccoes.

Date of Inscription: 1983
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/269

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair 

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair


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