Rivalta di Torino monastery
| Rivalta di Torino Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 ItalyRegion Piedmont Metropolitan City of Turin |
| Coordinates: | 45 ° 1 '50 " N , 7 ° 31' 37" E |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
651 |
| Patronage | St. Peter St. Andrew (Apostle) |
| founding year | 1254 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1770 |
| Mother monastery | Sestri Ponente Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Rivalta di Torino Monastery was a Cistercian abbey in what is now Piedmont , Italy . It was 17 km southwest of Turin in today's metropolitan city of the same name in the municipality of Rivalta di Torino , east of the center.
history
In 1137 a house for Augustinian canons regular was founded in Rivalta , which was richly furnished by the Counts of Savoy-Piedmont. The church was dedicated to the apostles Peter and Andrew . After the house fell into poverty after a century, the Augustinians had to sell it. In 1254 it was acquired by the Cistercian abbey Sestri Ponente from the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . Sestri Ponente also sent the founding convention under Abbot Bartolomeo. After around 40 years, the monastery was subordinated to the Staffarda monastery. Later it fell into the coming , but in 1497 it joined the Lambard Province of the Italian Cistercian Congregation. The coming led to the decline of the monastery and the decline of the complex. In 1770 the monastery was abolished by Pope Clement XIV (according to other sources, it was not abolished until 1792). The Don Milani Middle School moved into the complex.
Plant and buildings
As far as can be seen, remains of the medieval complex have been preserved in the baroque monastery building, which some people attribute to the architect Filippo Juvarra . The monastery was restored from 2002 to 2005 and given various cultural uses.
literature
- Balduino Gustavo Bedini: Breve prospetto delle Abazie Cistercensi d'Italia. Without place (Casamari), 1964, pp. 155–156, without ISBN.