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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Subiaco, Lazio, Italyen_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1200- ca.1399 (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Italian)en_US
dc.date1200-1399en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-28T15:16:53Z
dc.date.available2012-12-28T15:16:53Z
dc.date.issued1200-1399en_US
dc.identifier182187en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2087en_US
dc.descriptionAtrium and chapel of San Gregorio Magno, fresco of Santa Lucia (ca. 1300) to the right of the small opening; Located at Subiaco in the Lazio region south of Rome the Abbey of St. Benedict was constructed in the thirteenth century on top of the grotto (Sacro Speco) where St. Benedict (ca. 480-547), the founder of the Western monastic movement, allegedly spent the first three years of his monastic life. Built at 640 metres, the monastery consists of two small churches and a succession of chapels and grottoes that are joined by a series of stairs. With the exception of the grottoes the frescoes were done by a variety of artists over different time periods who, for the most part, are unknown. Saint Francis of Assisi visited the monastery in 1223; there is a portrait of him painted during his lifetime. Sacro Speco is united under a single abbot with the nearby Santa Scholastica monastery. Source: Sacred Destinations Travel Guide [website]; http://www.sacred-destinations.com/ (accessed 7/15/2010)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; stone; frescoesen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectBenedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassinoen_US
dc.subjectBenedictinesen_US
dc.subjectFrancis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226en_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.titleSan Benedetto Abbey (Sacro Speco)en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-I-SU-MSB-G3en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Italian)en_US


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