For centuries this has been a land of hermits and religious retreats – and Italy is still full of secluded monasteries and abbeys where religious folk have lived in seclusion. Only, you don’t ...

The Sacra di San Michele, an abbey perched atop Mount Pirchiriano, has become one of Italy’s many sanctuaries and monasteries that welcome visitors for tours and daytime visits. David Gagrčić ...

A surreal masterpiece in Italy, La Scarzuola merges architecture, theatre, and philosophy into one ideal city ...

Italy gathers 5,000 cloistered nuns, divided among 523 monasteries. These figures are in steady decline, however, as Europe has the world’s biggest average drop in religious sisters every year ...

Italy’s highlighted destinations: Cenobitic monasteries European destinations selected by National Geographic Must-visit cities in 2025 Top beach and swimming destinations for summer 2025 ...

ROME – The new prior of the Bose Monastery in Italy has spoken out about the status of the community after a contentious internal deadlock culminated with the exile of its founder last year.

Vocabolo Moscatelli, a forgotten ruin in the Italian countryside is reborn as a stunning 12-room luxury retreat, thanks to ...

ROME – Two members of the Urbanist Poor Clare Sisters of Italy, who became known as the “rebel nuns of Ravello” for their refusal to abandon their 13 th century convent slated for closure ...

Once the site of a Benedictine monastery, it has been a battlefield ... one that developers in the Umbria region — Italy’s oft-overlooked “green heart”— hope will see Europe’s leading ...

ITALY: John and Angelo Zorn from Novato spent three nights at Astapiana Villa Giusso, a 17th-century monastery overlooking the Sorrento peninsula and Bay of Naples. Now a sprawling estate with ...