La Basilica di San Benedetto da Norcia viene eretta secondo la tradizione sui resti della casa natale del Santo. La disposizione degli spazi interni è su impianto a croce latina con abside poligonale; il suo interno, è su due livelli: al piano superiore si trova la chiesa principale mentre la cripta, dove si possono notare parti di antiche mura romane, è al piano inferiore. Le pareti sono decorate con preziosi affreschi del 1500 e tele del 1600. L’esterno della chiesa di San Benedetto da Norcia si presenta nella sua struttura originale soltanto in una parte della facciata, caratterizzata da un elaborato rosone ed un bel portale ogivale. Un portico movimenta la parte destra della chiesa lungo tutto il lato fino al campanile.

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San Benedetto secondo la tradizione, nasce a Norcia intorno al 480 d.C. svolge studi letterari a Roma, dove vive lo stato di decadenza civile e morale in cui si è ridotta l’antica capitale dell’impero e a circa venti anni di età comincia la sua esperienza eremitica rifugiandosi in una grotta presso Subiaco, nell’alta valle dell’Aniene. Qui il suo esempio porterà alcuni frati ad unirsi a lui anche se in una fase successiva la rigidezza della sua Regola li porterà ad un esasperazione così grande da tentare perfino di uccidere il Santo. Il mondo che lo circonda vive giorni di profondi cambiamenti; il 476 aveva segnato la fine dell’Impero Romano d’Occidente con la destituzione dell’Imperatore Romolo Augustolo, i tentativi di Teodorico per una pace stabile fra i Goti ed i Romani si risolvono in una sanguinosa guerra (535-553) ma soprattutto, per uno spirito tanto sensibile ai problemi della Chiesa, risulta determinante la politica prevaricatrice dell’Imperatore Bizzantino Giustiniano nel campo religioso.
Prima di ritirarsi a Montecassino nel 529, dove muore il 21 marzo 547, fonda alcuni monasteri ai confini fra Lazio e Abruzzo. Nel 1964 Papa Paolo VI lo proclama “Patrono d’Europa”.

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The Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.

The disposition of the internal spaces is made according to a Latin cross map with a polygonal apse; its interior, on two levels: on the top level we find the main church whole the crypt, where we can see parts of antique roman walls, is on the inferior level. The walls are decorated with precious frescos dating back to 1500 and prints of 1600. The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal. A portico gives movement to the right part of the church along all the side up to the belfry. St. Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.

He makes studies of literature in Rome, where he lives the state of civil and moral decadence in which the antique capital of the empire has reduced itself and when he is more or less twenty years old he starts his experience as an hermit taking refuge in a cave near Subiaco, in the high valley of the “Aniene”. There, his example leads some friars to join him even if, in a second phase, the rigidity of his Rule will take them to such a big exasperation that they arrive to the point of trying to kill the Saint. The world around him is living days of profound changes; the year 476 had seen the end of the Occidental Roman Empire with the destitution of the Emperor Romolo Augustolo, the attempts of Teodorico for a stable peace between Goths and Romans end up in a bloody war (535-553) but, above all, for a spirit so sensitive to the problems of the Church, the unjust policy of the Byzantine Emperor Giustiniano in the religious area is deciding.

Before he retires in Montecassino in 529, where he dies on March 21st 547, he founds some monasteries at the limit between Lazio and Abruzzo. In 1964 Pope Paolo VI proclaims him “Patron of Europe”.

The Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.

The disposition of the internal spaces is made according to a Latin cross map with a polygonal apse; its interior, on two levels: on the top level we find the main church whole the crypt, where we can see parts of antique roman walls, is on the inferior level. The walls are decorated with precious frescos dating back to 1500 and prints of 1600. The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal. A portico gives movement to the right part of the church along all the side up to the belfry. St. Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.

He makes studies of literature in Rome, where he lives the state of civil and moral decadence in which the antique capital of the empire has reduced itself and when he is more or less twenty years old he starts his experience as an hermit taking refuge in a cave near Subiaco, in the high valley of the “Aniene”. There, his example leads some friars to join him even if, in a second phase, the rigidity of his Rule will take them to such a big exasperation that they arrive to the point of trying to kill the Saint. The world around him is living days of profound changes; the year 476 had seen the end of the Occidental Roman Empire with the destitution of the Emperor Romolo Augustolo, the attempts of Teodorico for a stable peace between Goths and Romans end up in a bloody war (535-553) but, above all, for a spirit so sensitive to the problems of the Church, the unjust policy of the Byzantine Emperor Giustiniano in the religious area is deciding.

Before he retires in Montecassino in 529, where he dies on March 21st 547, he founds some monasteries at the limit between Lazio and Abruzzo. In 1964 Pope Paolo VI proclaims him “Patron of Europe”.

The Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.

The disposition of the internal spaces is made according to a Latin cross map with a polygonal apse; its interior, on two levels: on the top level we find the main church whole the crypt, where we can see parts of antique roman walls, is on the inferior level. The walls are decorated with precious frescos dating back to 1500 and prints of 1600. The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal. A portico gives movement to the right part of the church along all the side up to the belfry. St. Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.

He makes studies of literature in Rome, where he lives the state of civil and moral decadence in which the antique capital of the empire has reduced itself and when he is more or less twenty years old he starts his experience as an hermit taking refuge in a cave near Subiaco, in the high valley of the “Aniene”. There, his example leads some friars to join him even if, in a second phase, the rigidity of his Rule will take them to such a big exasperation that they arrive to the point of trying to kill the Saint. The world around him is living days of profound changes; the year 476 had seen the end of the Occidental Roman Empire with the destitution of the Emperor Romolo Augustolo, the attempts of Teodorico for a stable peace between Goths and Romans end up in a bloody war (535-553) but, above all, for a spirit so sensitive to the problems of the Church, the unjust policy of the Byzantine Emperor Giustiniano in the religious area is deciding.

Before he retires in Montecassino in 529, where he dies on March 21st 547, he founds some monasteries at the limit between Lazio and Abruzzo. In 1964 Pope Paolo VI proclaims him “Patron of Europe”.

The Basilica of St. Benedict of Nursia is built according to the tradition on the ruins of the native house of the St. Benedict.

The disposition of the internal spaces is made according to a Latin cross map with a polygonal apse; its interior, on two levels: on the top level we find the main church whole the crypt, where we can see parts of antique roman walls, is on the inferior level. The walls are decorated with precious frescos dating back to 1500 and prints of 1600. The outside of the church of St. Benedict of Nursia presents its original structure only in one part of the façade, characterized by an elaborated rose and a beautiful ogival portal. A portico gives movement to the right part of the church along all the side up to the belfry. St. Benedict of Nurcia, according to tradition, was born in Nursia around 480 after Christ.

He makes studies of literature in Rome, where he lives the state of civil and moral decadence in which the antique capital of the empire has reduced itself and when he is more or less twenty years old he starts his experience as an hermit taking refuge in a cave near Subiaco, in the high valley of the “Aniene”. There, his example leads some friars to join him even if, in a second phase, the rigidity of his Rule will take them to such a big exasperation that they arrive to the point of trying to kill the Saint. The world around him is living days of profound changes; the year 476 had seen the end of the Occidental Roman Empire with the destitution of the Emperor Romolo Augustolo, the attempts of Teodorico for a stable peace between Goths and Romans end up in a bloody war (535-553) but, above all, for a spirit so sensitive to the problems of the Church, the unjust policy of the Byzantine Emperor Giustiniano in the religious area is deciding.

Before he retires in Montecassino in 529, where he dies on March 21st 547, he founds some monasteries at the limit between Lazio and Abruzzo. In 1964 Pope Paolo VI proclaims him “Patron of Europe”.