Reggio Emilia

Saint Benedict Cultural Centre (Centro Culturale San Benedetto)

Places of worship

Other denominations

Centro Culturale San Benedetto / Monastero di San Benedetto/Museo “Peppone e Don Camillo”/Museo archeologico/biblioteca“Antonio Panizzi”

Founders

Eleonora d'Aragona, Ercole I

D'Este's People

Ercole II

Description

The monastery of the Benedictine nuns was built in 1492 by Ercole I d’Este and Eleonora d’Aragona and can be considered the successor to the male Benedictine monastery, founded in the 4th century and destroyed in the mid-16th century to allow for the extension of the walls built by Ercole II.

Useful information

Address

via F. Cavallotti, 35

Municipality

BRESCELLO

Province

Reggio Emilia

Visitability of the place

Open to visits

Website

https://turismo.comune.re.it/it/brescello/scopri-il-territorio/arte-e-cultura/abbazie-monasteri-santuari/monastero-di-san-benedetto

Website

https://visitbrescello.it/museo-peppone-e-don-camillo/

Tourer

https://www.tourer.it/mappa?id=2122