Switzerland

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

Couvent bénédictin Saint-Jean-des-Sœurs à Müstair

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Country
Switzerland
Inscribed
1983
Region
Europe and North America
Area
2 ha
About

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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