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On April 15th, 2011, ABAZIA DI MONTE OLIVETO MAGGIORE…

April 15, 2011 Fritz Haeg 1 min read
monks eating fish in the Signorelli fresco and the monastery's 1553 fish pond

…is the hilltop Asciano-adjacent Tuscan Benedictine monastery dating from 1313 we are visiting today, which features a very cool 1553 fish pond that would feed the monks during periods when Benedictine rule forbade consumption of meat.