As a follow-up to my recent piece on the feast of St Romuald, our own Nicola de’ Grandi sent me some photos he took during a recent visit to the Monastery and Hermitage of Camaldoli, the mother house of the Saint’s order, just under 30 miles to the East of Florence.
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The church of the hermitage |
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Part of the screen which divides the monks’ choir, the bulk of the church, from the rest of it. |
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Internal view of the choir. |
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A side chapel |
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A view of the forests which surround the monastery. |
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The entrance to the hermitage |
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St Romuald’s cell |
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The hermitages of the monks, seen through the gate that divides this part of the complex from the rest. |
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The entrance to the cloister |
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The monastery church |