Staffarda Abbey

Staffarda Abbey ("Santa Maria di Staffarda"), located near Saluzzo in north-west Italy, is a Cistercian monastery founded as a daughter house of Tiglieto Abbey in 1135 by Manfredo I Marquis of Saluzzo. The abbey became an important local centre for agriculture and held a flourishing market. It was placed "in commendam" to the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in 1750.

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Staffarda

References

*http://www.piemontefeel.org/EN/Page/t01/view_html?idp=43
*http://www.mauriziano.it/arte/monumenti/staffard/storia.htm
*http://www.piemonte-emozioni.it/cultura/eng/edifici_religiosi/edifici_culto/staffarda.shtml
*http://www.ingranda.it/castelli/pagine/Staffarda.asp
*http://www.comune.revello.cn.it/staffarda.htm?a5
*http://www.cistercensi.info/abbazie/abbazie.asp?ab=1081&lin=en

External links

* [http://www.cistercensi.info/abbazie/foto.asp?ab=1081&lin=en www.cistercensi.info: Photographs of the abbey complex]
* [http://www.saluzzo.chiesacattolica.it/tour/staffarda/default.htm More photos]