Saint John Abbey in Müstair

Benediktinskiymonastyr St. John in the Swiss village in the canton of Graubünden Müstair, dates from about the year 780. The abbey was founded by Bishop Kur the valley of Val Müstair through which was paved mountain pass. Poetomumonastyr was not only a place of worship, but also a refuge dlyaputeshestvennikov. Since the 12th century the monastery becomes female, it prozhivalitolko nuns of the Benedictine order.

Today, perfectly preserved donashih days monastic buildings complex is a World Heritage Site. Naiboleeinteresnymi buildings considered Phillips Chapel and tower of the 10th century. Odnonefnuyutserkov monastery with five asps decorated with frescoes that byliskryty subsequent images and found only in the 20th century. Here zheraspolozhena statue of Charlemagne, made in human growth.

Benedictine monastery is znachimympamyatnikom architecture, which allows you to track the path from time stanovleniyahristianstva in Switzerland until the early Middle Ages. Nowadays there prozhivayutneskolko nuns who are reclusive, but am glad vstrechayutgostey.