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Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

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Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

Name: Monastery of Saint John the Baptist
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Location: Celleno, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy

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1. Glirarium (Dormouse Jar) – Ancient Terracotta Jar loop from Celleno

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2. Ancient Terracotta Jar – Church of Saint Roch (Celleno) loop from Celleno

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3. Church of Saint Roch (Celleno) – Baglioni Santacroce Castle loop from Grotte Santo Stefano

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Rob Josten 🦅

August 3, 2024

The Franciscan monastery of St. John the Baptist, a short distance from Celleno Vecchio, was built in 1610 around the Romanesque parish church of St. John, which still preserves its 12th-century apse (a semicircular, or polygonal, niche-shaped space attached to a basilica, church, cathedral or temple). The original nucleus is organized around a simple but richly decorated quadrangular cloister with a cycle of frescoes depicting the stories of St. Francis. Around the cloister are the cells of the brothers and in the center is a monumental puteal cistern used for collecting rainwater. The valuable frescoes in the chapel (late 15th-early 16th century) and the sacristy, as well as the 18th-century wooden choir in the apse of the church, deserve special mention.

The monastery was first transformed in 1754 and then in 1769, with the extension of the residential wing and the addition of a portico on the road side. Inside the walls there is a beautiful park of ancient holm oaks. At the beginning of the 80s, after radical restoration works, the monastery became a tourist-cultural centre, with conference and congress halls, a library and rooms for hospitality purposes.

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Rob Josten 🦅

August 5, 2024

I have not been able to visit this monastery in its entirety, but everything I have told you here is there. Only I did not want to appear too forward to ask if I could also visit the chapel. Perhaps this question would have been answered with a yes.

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Monastery of Saint John the Baptist

1. Glirarium (Dormouse Jar) – Ancient Terracotta Jar loop from Celleno

2. Ancient Terracotta Jar – Church of Saint Roch (Celleno) loop from Celleno

3. Church of Saint Roch (Celleno) – Baglioni Santacroce Castle loop from Grotte Santo Stefano

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