Camaldoli Attractions
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The Abbey of Camáldoli, still the center of the Camaldolese Order, lies in the densely wooded hills of the Casentino in the extreme northeast of Tuscany, some 50km/30 mi north of Arezzo.
History
About the year 1000 a Benedictine monk name Romuald, a member of a noble Lombard family and a trusted adviser of the Emperors Henry II and Otto III, set out to renew monastic life, as part of the great movement for Church reform then in progress in the West. With this in mind cells were built in remote spots so that the individual monk might devote himself to contemplation.
History
About the year 1000 a Benedictine monk name Romuald, a member of a noble Lombard family and a trusted adviser of the Emperors Henry II and Otto III, set out to renew monastic life, as part of the great movement for Church reform then in progress in the West. With this in mind cells were built in remote spots so that the individual monk might devote himself to contemplation.
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Éremo di Camáldoli
Éremo di Camáldoli was begun by a group of monks seeking solitude. Much of what can be seen today is the result of work done in the 17th and 18th C.
Éremo di Camáldoli, Camaldoli
