Santo Spirito

The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre (Italian: Monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre) was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.

The fortified monastery was built in 1226 on an ancient religious building, existing since 1222. In 1248 Santo Spirito became a Cistercian abbey, founded by the mother abbey of Casanova, line of Clairvaux, and it was ruled by the Cistercians until 1692.

The monastery is a fortified building, with walls all around the abbey and a very small number of windows and doors.

Inside the walls, all the usual components of a monastery are still in place, with the church on the north side and the remaining rooms of the abbey in the two buildings on the west and east sides.

Text adapted from “Santo Spirito d'Ocre” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Santo Spirito ranks #5,307 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #397 of the 487 mapped in Italy. Founded 1226, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is L'Aquila, 11 km away. See how Italy compares in the castle statistics.

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