Sant'Egidio Abbey in Fontanella ---

Visiting this enchanting abbey, founded a thousand years ago, you will still be able to capture the atmosphere of an era of knights, crusades and religious mystery. Nestled in the lush forests of Monte Canto, this church has preserved intact its austere and fascinating Romanesque architecture, still embellished with fragments of the frescoes that once decorated its walls entirely. In this enchanting place the Cluniac monks led a secluded life, between meditation and prayers for the soul of the founder and his family. Now the religious are gone, but walking among the buildings behind the church you will feel as if you have returned to their times.