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benedictine convent of st john


states: [switzerland]

category: cultural

year: 1983

region: Europe and North America

latitude/longitude: 46.6294500000, 10.4476500000

Benedictine Convent Of St John

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.

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