Agrigento Cistercian Abbey
The Cistercian Abbey Agrigento (also: Santo Spirito ) is since 1295 the monastery of Cistercian nuns in Agrigento in Sicily .
history
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The nunnery Beata Maria Virginis et Sancti Spiritus ("the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit") founded in 1295 in what is now the center of Agrigento, popularly known as "Bataranni" (from: Badia grande = great abbey), was placed under Casamari Monastery in 1299 , a supervision that lasted until 1572. In 1866 the monastery was officially converted into an orphanage and poor house, but the nuns were able to stay on site this way. When the existence of the convent was endangered after the Second World War, the Cistercian abbey of San Severino Marche sent three nuns to reinforce it. In 1964 the cloister was restored. The buildings of the listed monastery (restored in 1989) also house an old people's home and a museum. Peugniez speaks of one of the most beautiful monasteries in Sicily.
literature
- Maria Teresa Ragusa: La chiesa del Monastero Cistercense del "Santo Spirito" in Agrigento (= Siciliae mirabilia. 1). Salvatore Sciascia Editore, Caltanissetta et al. 2011, ISBN 978-88-8241-352-1 .
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, ISBN 978-2-7468-2624-3 , pp. 738-739.
Web links
- Website of the monastery, Italian
- Monastery entry, Italian, with localization
- Tourism page for the monastery, German, illustrated
- Page to the monastery church, Italian and English, illustrated
- Photo of the monastery portal
- Private page on the history of the monastery, Italian, illustrated
Coordinates: 37 ° 18 ′ 40.9 ″ N , 13 ° 35 ′ 1.6 ″ E