Benedictines
Autonomous communities of monks living in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch | The monastery was settled by Benedictines from the Gorze monastery near Metz. (wiki) | |
| Assisi | the Benedictine abbey of Saint Peter (San Pietro) (AB Ev) – San Pietro was built by the Benedictines in the tenth century, the building was remodelled several times until the definitive reconstruction which dates back to the thirteenth century, with characteristic signs of the Benedictine Order. | |
| Belfries | The belfry of Gembloux was originally part of the former church of the Benedictine Abbey of Gembloux. (Nomination file, p. 7) | |
| Benedictine Convent of St. John | ||
| Canterbury | St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine abbey | |
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | Monastery at Bellosguardo, Grotta dell'Angelo | |
| City of Bath | "In the City of Bath, the Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul occupies a central position adjacent to the King's Spring and occupies a site of a Roman temple, a Norman Cathedral and Benedictine monastery." "The baths were managed (...) for 800 years by a Benedictine monastery". (Great Spas of Europe Nomination File, p. 63, 438) | |
| City of Luxembourg | "The old Altmünster Benedictine abbey was destroyed in 1542 so that the Benedictine monks built a new abbey in the suburb of the Grund. The Neumünster Abbey consisted of a church and four wings enclosing an inner courtyard. At the end of the 18th century, (...) the abbey was altered so as to house a military hospital which functioned until 1867." | |
| Corvey | Monastery is Benedictine | |
| Danube Limes | "Although Roman ruins at Mautern were already known in the 11th century, the archaeological explorations were pursued only from the 19th century onwards, whereby especially the priests of the nearby Benedictine monastery of Göttweig made significant contributions." (Nomination file, p. 114) | |
| Dubrovnik | A Benedictine Monastery was founded on the island of Lokrum in 1063. They stayed until 1798. The ruins remain. | |
| Durham Castle and Cathedral | "Durham Cathedral was founded as a Benedictine Foundation and remained as such until the Reformation." | |
| Ferrara | Pomposa Abbey | |
| Florence | Badia Fiorentina | |
| Great Spa Towns of Europe | "In the City of Bath, the Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul occupies a central position adjacent to the King's Spring and occupies a site of a Roman temple, a Norman Cathedral and Benedictine monastery." "The baths were managed (...) for 800 years by a Benedictine monastery". (Nomination File, p. 63, 438) | |
| Hildesheim Cathedral and Church | St. Michael was a Benedictine abbey church | |
| Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces | The local Benedictine monasteries started the vineyards here | |
| Longobards in Italy | Brescia: "In 753 A.C. Desiderius and his wife Ansa began building a Benedictine nuns' convent, called San Salvatore, and entrusting its direction to their daughter Anselperga, who thus became the nunnery's first Abbess." (Nomination file, p. 123) | |
| Lübeck | St.-Johannis-Kloster | |
| Mont-Saint-Michel | Benedictine Abbey | |
| Olinda | "It is dominated by the.. convents of the Franciscans, Carmelites and Benedictines" (OUV) | |
| Pannonhalma | ||
| Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands | Portovenere is an important cultural centre. Among the remains to be found there are those of a .. a Benedictine monastic establishment with a fine proto-Romanesque church (AB ev) | |
| Quedlinburg | St. Mary Convent | |
| Rammelsberg and Goslar | Goslar: Neuwerkkirche in Goslar from 1199 until the reformation | |
| Ravenna | The Church of San Vitale was, at one time, part of a Benedictine monastery. (AB Ev) | |
| Regensburg | The town has 3 Benedictine monasteries | |
| Reichenau | Abbey of Reichenau | |
| Reims | Benedictine Abbey | |
| Rome | St. Paul outside the Walls | |
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France | Church of Saint-Pierre at Moissac was a Benedictine abbey until 1626 | |
| Saint-Emilion | Built the Monolithic Church | |
| Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | It was founded as a Benedictine Abbey | |
| Salzburg | The Benedictine Abbey of St Peter and The Nonnberg Benedictine Nunnery | |
| Santiago de Compostela | Monastery and Church of San Martiño Pinario & Monastery and Church of San Paio de Antealtares are former Benedictine monasteries | |
| Siena | Santo Spirito was passed to the Benedictines in 1440. They were the first to build a library. After, the site was ceded to the Dominicans. | |
| Studley Royal Park | The Fountains Abbey was founded in 1132 by thirteen Benedictine monks (wiki) | |
| Syracuse | Church of Santa Lucìa alla Badìa: a "church and monastery at the site, attached to a female Benedictine monastery was present by the mid-15th century (...) The monastery and church were destroyed by the 1693 Sicily Earthquake." | |
| The Porticoes of Bologna | Basilica di Santo Stefano | |
| Val d'Orcia | Sant'Antimo Abbey was originally a Benedictine monastery. (Nomination file, p. 86) | |
| Val di Noto | San Niccol? l'Arena in Catania | |
| Vézelay | ||
| Wachau Cultural Landscape | Melk and Gottweig |
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