La Trinità della Cava

3.5km/2mi southwest of Cava, on Corpo di Cava, stands the Benedictine abbey of La Trinità della Cava, founded in 1011. The present buildings date from the late 18th century. The church contains marble and mosaic altars, tombs of the earliest abbots and a 12th century marble pulpit. Other notable features are the chapter-house (16th century), the Romanesque cloister (small museum), the old crypt, a picture gallery and the archives.