The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael’s Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant’Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history came under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians.
According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions.
Then, sometime around the year 1000, this site becomes an abbey/monastery. This, of course, gave a certain push to the building process, but as of 1622 the abbey fell into a decline and was abandoned, until 1835 when King Charles Albert and the Pope asked Antonio Rosmini to restore and repopulate it.
And there you have it. With those sexy counterforces on the very top. I encourage you all to look at cross-sections and plans of the building, they capture its monumentality very good.
Kiyoharasays
It really does look like it came off of an old issue of Dragon Magazine cover. Just needs a dude in skull plate armor down in the foreground…
afrofagnesays
If it feels somewhat familiar to you (like it did to me), it might be because it’s the abbey that inspired The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (however the movie wasn’t filmed there but in various places around Rome and in Germany).
depcrestwoodsays
I feel like at some point I killed a bunch of people in there after I received the mark of the Outsider.
Overjay says
The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael’s Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant’Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history came under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians.
According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions.
Then, sometime around the year 1000, this site becomes an abbey/monastery. This, of course, gave a certain push to the building process, but as of 1622 the abbey fell into a decline and was abandoned, until 1835 when King Charles Albert and the Pope asked Antonio Rosmini to restore and repopulate it.
And there you have it. With those sexy counterforces on the very top. I encourage you all to look at cross-sections and plans of the building, they capture its monumentality very good.
Kiyohara says
It really does look like it came off of an old issue of Dragon Magazine cover. Just needs a dude in skull plate armor down in the foreground…
afrofagne says
If it feels somewhat familiar to you (like it did to me), it might be because it’s the abbey that inspired The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (however the movie wasn’t filmed there but in various places around Rome and in Germany).
depcrestwood says
I feel like at some point I killed a bunch of people in there after I received the mark of the Outsider.
CasualUser1682 says
GoT?
assgored says
Looks kinda Cloud Ruler Temple