Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair
World Heritage Site
- Official name
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Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair |
UNESCO
- Country
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Switzerland |
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- Continent
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Europe
- Location
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46.6294° Lat, 10.4476° Lon |
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- Code
- 269
- Time Zone
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Europe/Zurich (CET, +0100)
- Current Time
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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.
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