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La Chiocciola Neighbourhood Subiaco Convento di San Francesco Monastero di Santa Scolastica Monastero di San Benedetto Monte Livata Parco Naturale Monti Simbruini Le Grotte di Collepardo Sport e tempo libero Products Neighbourhood Monastero di Santa Scolastica This is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the world. It is also known as the “cradle of the Italian press". Here, from 1465, the Germans Sweynheym and Pannartz, using specially made moveable letters, printed four works including the so-called "Lattanzio Firmiano" the only surviving example which carries the place and date of production ("29 October 1465… in the venerable monastery of Subiaco "). The monastery’s library is justly famous, holding as it does the first book printed in Italy, as well as 150,000 other volumes, including 213 very early examples of printed books (“incunabula”). There are also approximately 4,000 parchments and the famous Colonna Archive. The bell tower is of earlier date than any in Rome, while of the three cloisters, one in the cosmatesque style is a true gem. The neoclassical church is the most important work in Italy by its architect, Giacomo Quarenghi. The monastery also accommodates the Ceselli Museum and art gallery.

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