Morimondo Abbey
Morimondo Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di Morimondo) is a former Cistercian monastery located at Morimondo, a few kilometers south of Abbiategrasso in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, northern Italy. The surviving structure is Romanesque and Gothic. It was founded in 1134 as a daughter house of Morimond Abbey near Dijon, from which it took its name (meaning "die to the world").
| Morimondo Abbey (Abbazia di Morimondo) | |
|---|---|
The abbey from the north. | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Catholic |
| Province | Milan |
| Location | |
| Location | Morimondo, Italy |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Church |
| Style | Gothic |
| Completed | 1296 |
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