San Salvatore, Brescia
Museum and former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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San Salvatore (or, for most of its existence, Santa Giulia) is a former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy, now turned into a museum. The monastic complex is famous for the diversity of its architecture which includes Roman remains and significant pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings.
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Official name | The monumental area with the monastic complex of San Salvatore-Santa Giulia |
Location | Brescia, Italy |
Part of | Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568–774 AD) |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (vi) |
Reference | 1318-002 |
Inscription | 2011 (35th Session) |
Coordinates | 45°32′23″N 10°13′41″E |
In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven inscribed as Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568-774 A.D.).[1]
The monastery is traditionally considered the place where Desiderata, wife of Charlemagne and daughter of the Lombard King Desiderius, spent her exile after the annulment of her marriage in 771.