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Torba Abbey

14th-century churches in ItalyBenedictine nunneries in ItalyBuildings and structures in the Province of VareseLombard architectureMonasteries in Lombardy
Romanesque architecture in Lombardy
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Torba Abbey, otherwise Torba Monastery (Italian: monastero di Torba, abbadia di Torba) is a former Benedictine nunnery in Torba, a frazione of Gornate Olona, Lombardy, Italy, in the Castelseprio Archaeological Park. The buildings are part of a list of structures associated with "Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.)", that is dating to the Lombard era of the early middle ages. The abbey was entered on the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in June 2011.

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Monastero di Torba

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Lombardy, Italy
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