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    February 18, 2023

    In Lettere there is the Benedictine hermitage, or the place where the Benedictine hermit monks retired to pray, a place also known as the veins of San Benedetto. The hermitage offers visitors an incomparable panorama of the Sarno Valley and Vesuvius, as well as allowing them to enjoy an unusual view of the historic Castello di Lettere.

    Around the hermitage a series of small natural cavities were probably used by Benedictine hermit monks to pray, and a completely frescoed chapel was built in one of these.

    Unfortunately these frescoes have not withstood the neglect of time and acts of vandalism, but what remains of them shows that they dated back to around 1,000 years ago.

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      Location: Lettere, Naples, Campania, Italy

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