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Church · Montella (AV)

Church of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Neve al Monte

  • Visit: about 20 min
  • 668 m
Church of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Neve al Monte
Photo: Effems · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized

A 16th-century church and monastery on the Monte in Montella, beside the Lombard castle, with a 14th-century Madonna of Humility.

On the Monte hill, at about 760 metres, the complex of Santa Maria della Neve brings together the church, the monastery and the remains of the Lombard castle. The convent was built between 1554 and 1586 over an older church and entrusted from 1603 to the Reformed Observant friars. The church has a single nave with wooden altars and holds a 14th-century panel of the Madonna of Humility.We love the square cloister, with cross vaults frescoed in the 17th century by Michele Ricciardi. The complex has been fully restored: the upper floors host spiritual retreats, the lower ones can be visited, and the kitchen garden has been replanted with medieval crops. We suggest completing the visit among the walls and keep of the castle.

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