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Photos: Subiaco Monastery (Sacro Speco)

This gallery of 20 photos accompanies our article on Subiaco Monastery (Sacro Speco) in Subiaco, Lazio, Italy. This hilltop monastery in Subiaco enshrines the sacred cave in which St. Benedict lived as a hermit before he organized his first monastic community. Its church is covered in beautiful Gothic frescoes. All photos marked © Sacred Destinations are available for licensing. Click any image to enlarge, or just start at the beginning for a virtual tour!


View from Below
View from Below
Exterior
Balcony
Banner
Clinging to the Cliff
Entrance Passageway
View from Below
Courtyard
Courtyard
Courtyard
Apse
Chapel of Our Lady
Monks' Cemetery
Bookshop Monk
Fresco of St. Francis of Assisi
St. Francis of Assisi
The Manger
Pope Innocent III and His Bull
St. Stephen



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