Buying your own monastery in rural Italy. If you have the cash, it’s not just a pipe dream. ... Many of these date back to the Middle Ages – and often, they’re up for sale.

The importance of the Benedictine phenomenon in the Middle Ages is evident in a number of reliable sources and in the European history itself. The compelling authenticity of the phenomenon is ...

Europe spent 1000 years in its Middle Ages ... Its art shows how the light of civilization flickered in monasteries ... This church in Florence adds another Romanesque feature common in Italy, ...

A 400-Year-Old Italian Monastery Turned Villa ... A restored 17th-century monastery that now serves as a villa with multiple ... renowned for its wine-making tradition dating to the Middle Ages.

Italian monastery demands return of 'looted' manuscript. ... As well as being the town, benevento also came to mean a kind of handwriting specific to southern Italy during the Middle Ages." ...

The ultimate dolce vita move? Buying your own monastery in rural Italy. If you have the cash, it’s not just a pipe dream. Have a look at these ones which are currently on sale.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years, from about 500 to 1500. The first half was a time of relative poverty and economic stagnation. Then around the year 1000, Europe rebounded.

SIlvia Marchetti, CNN Ever dream of really getting away from it all? The Italians have long known how to do it. For centuries this has been a land of hermits and religious retreats — and Italy ...

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