Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair World Heritage Site

Official name
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair | UNESCO
Country
Switzerland | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
46.6294° Lat, 10.4476° Lon | Map
Code
269
Time Zone
Europe/Zurich (CEST, +0200)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1983. 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.