Category Archives: Monasteries

Author: Consulenza scientifica Dr.sa Simona Gigliotti Location: PIAZZA DELLA MORTE, 1 Date: 1460 Go to the DescriprionVirtual Tour Virtual Tour Close On the left of Santa Giacinta Marescotti Church in Piazza della Morte, there is an entrance to the monastery. The entrance has a large coat of arms in peperino stone of San Bernardino and…

The oldest attestation of the existence of the monastic complex dates back to 1235 when Matthew, bishop of Viterbo and Tuscania, wrote to the nuns of the monastery of Santa Maria Vergine of the Order of San Damiano di Viterbo granting them exemption from the bishop’s jurisdiction.