Novalesa Abbey

Novalesa Abbey (Abbazia di Novalesa) is a Benedictine monastery in Piedmont, Italy. It was founded in 726, and was dedicated to St Peter and St AndrewPiemontefeel - MUSEI.
Novalesa is in the Val di Susa, on the route to the Mont Cenis Pass. The founder, Abbo of Provence, was a local Frankish governor.piedmontese history 1 The Abbey was on the Via Francigena, a major pilgrimage roadAbbazia di Novalesa - abbey Turin Building Tiscover. The founding monks are thought to have come from the Grenoble regionSavorie, Provence and Alps Carolingian Visitor's Guide, Carolingian sites, French feudal coins. It was endowed by Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. The first phase of the Abbey's history came to an end when it was destroyed by Saracen raiders in 906.In Italy Online - La Via Francigena In The "Valley Of The Abbeys"
Restorations have gone on, over the past three centuries. The Abbey is a current Benedictine monastery.Montagnedoc - Culture - Abbeys - Novalesa Abbey
==See also==
*Walter of Aquitaine
==Notes==
==External links==
*www.abbazianovalesa.org/ , official site.
Category:726 establishments
Category:Christian monasteries established in the 8th century
Category:Benedictine monasteries in Italy
Category:Monasteries in Piedmont
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