Säben Abbey
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An almost spiritual place high above Klausen with fantastic distant views
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•June 13, 2017
The Säben Monastery, which has existed since the end of the 17th century, is a Benedictine abbey on the Säbener Berg in South Tyrol. Säben (Latin Sabiona), located on the sacred mountain above Klausen, was populated already in the Neolithic period. At the site of the present monastery was a late Roman settlement, which soon developed into an early Christian center: From the 6th century to about 960 there was a bishop's seat, including the built in the early 5th century and excavated church in the vineyard belonged
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