![Picture 0](https://gv-images.viamichelin.com/images/michelin_guide/max/Img_66940.jpg?width=320&format=auto)
![Picture 1](https://gv-images.viamichelin.com/images/michelin_guide/max/Img_44573.jpg?width=320&format=auto)
Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey
![Location picture](https://gv-images.viamichelin.com/images/michelin_guide/max/Img_66940.jpg?width=160&format=auto)
Michelin Guide
Well worth the diversions
Religious monument
The Michelin Guide's review
The rose-coloured buildings of the mother-house of the Olivetians, a congegration founded in 1313, stands on a hillside among a landscape of cypress trees. Do not miss the great cloisters decorated with a series of frescoes by Luca Signorelli and by Sodoma. The abbey church, refurbished in Baroque style, contains a set of magnificent choirstalls, made by Fra Giovanni da Verona in 1505.
Practical information
+39 0577 707611
Location
Via Abbazia 153020 Chiusure
You may also like…