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Church · San Mauro la Bruca (SA)

Church of San Nazario in San Mauro la Bruca

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 335 m
Church of San Nazario in San Mauro la Bruca
Photo: Aniello Bizzoco · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

Church of San Nazario, in the hamlet of the same name in San Mauro la Bruca, linked to an old Italo-Greek monastery where St Nilus trained.

In the hamlet of San Nazario, in the territory of San Mauro la Bruca, the church of the same name is linked to an old Italo-Greek monastery, to which new spaces were added over time. It is a place that fascinates us because it tells of the age when Cilento was dotted with monastic communities of Byzantine tradition.According to tradition, St Nilus, the Calabrian saint who later founded the abbey of Grottaferrata, took the monastic habit here. We suggest combining the visit with a walk in the surroundings, among chestnut and oak woods and olive groves sloping down to the Lambro valley, within the Cilento National Park.

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