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Convent · Salerno (SA)

Monastery of San Francesco di Paola, Salerno

  • Visit: about 30 min
Pictured: Salerno

A friary in Salerno's Fusandola district, linked to the visit of Saint Francis of Paola in 1484.

In the Fusandola district of Salerno, the friary of San Francesco di Paola was founded, according to legend, after the Calabrian saint's visit in 1484.In a small temple outside the walls, Saint Francis of Paola knelt and said that a friary of his order must be built there. The friary was later built by one of his followers.

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