| This video presentation features the Historic Abbey of San Michele in Voltorre which was built in the 12th century, records date back to 1154 when it was first recorded in a document by Pope Anastasius IV in which its dependence on the Abbey of Fruttuaria was confirmed. It was built on the site of an early medieval settlement, probably a Lombard tower. |
| It was built on the site of an early medieval settlement, probably a Lombard (or even older) tower, as is revealed by its being dedicated to St. Michael. The period of the monastery’s greatest wealth lasted until the middle of the XV century when in following with the more general decline of the Benedictine Order it fell prey to ineluctable decadence. |
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| The Abby of San Michele Video |
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