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Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

Switzerland
Date of Inscription: 1983
Criteria: (iii)
Core zone: 2036 ha
N46 37 46.02 E10 26 51.54
Ref: 269

Brief Description

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. A.D. 800, along with Romanesque frescoes and stuccoes.

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