Fossanova, Italy

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Location added by Beato Angelico

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Rank : 8.0 (average on 1 votes)

Coordinates : 41.438314, 13.196279 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The Gothic-Cistercian abbey and the village of Fossanova.The interior of the abbey is truly evocative, however bare, its majesty leaves you breathless. The adjacent cloister also offers several photographic cues, the garden is lined with a series of tortile columns of various shapes, while in the center there is a kind of altar for ablutions and richly decorated tonsure. In a connected building you can see the chapel of St. Thomas Aquinas, who died here in the abbey, with a beautiful bas-relief attributed to Bernini.The abbey is surrounded by the small village of Fossanova, composed of the old buildings of the monastic complex reused as Homes. Red and ochre dominate unchallenged.

Recommended equipment : Generic equipment, for architecture lovers I suggest easel and ultra-wide-angle lens

Best months : It's fine all year

How to get there : From Rome take the highway of the Sun heading Naples, exit to Frosinone and take the regional road 156 direction Sezze. Take the exit just before mid-August

Visits : Admission free, open daily from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

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Sunrise: 05:34, Sunset: 20:44

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🌔 Waxing Gibbous, Brightness: 75%

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