Abbey of Camaiore (La Badia di Camaiore) description and photos - Italy: Camaiore (Topic)

Abbey of Camaiore (La Badia di Camaiore) description and photos - Italy: Camaiore. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is La Badia di Camaiore.

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Camaiore Abbey is one of the attractions of Camaiore in the Italian region of Tuscany. The first mentions of it date back to the time of the Lombard rule in this area, or rather, to the 761th year, when Lucca was the capital of Tuscany. It was then, in the 8th century, that the Benedictine monks founded the abbey. Subsequently, it grew into a whole religious complex, consisting of a church with a bell tower, a cemetery and a monastery surrounded by a battlement. At the beginning of the 12th century, the abbey reached its zenith, and its abbots served as bishops and secular rulers under the patronage of the Vatican.

In the same 12th century, thanks to a generous donation from Countess Matilda di Canossa and at the initiative of the monks themselves, a primitive one-story church with a simple stone altar was rebuilt and acquired its present appearance. Two side chapels, a pediment, an apse were added to the building, and the roof beams of the vaults were made.

Twice in its history, the abbey was plundered and burned along with the town of Camaiore itself: the first time in 1315 and the second time in 1329.

Today, the main entrance to the abbey overlooks a small grassy square in front of the church (previously there was a cemetery for Benedictine monks). Fragments of the 13th century battlements have also been preserved here.

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Topic: Abbey of Camaiore (La Badia di Camaiore) description and photos - Italy: Camaiore.