Searching for Italy: Sacra di San Michele

Our trip to Italy is inspired by the Stanley Tucci series, Searching for Italy, in which Stanley (I think he would want me to call him that) visits the twenty regions of Italy in search of the best foods. 

We stay in two regions during our three-week trip to Italy, Piedmont and Puglia. Piedmont is in the northern part of Italy, and Puglia is along the coast in the southern part of Italy.

During our time in Piedmont, we visit Sacra di San Michele. 

Sacra di San Michele was constructed between 983 and 987 AD. 

It is on Mount Pirchiriano near Turin. 

It was run by the Benedictines originally. 

Sacra di San Michele is part of the Itinerario di Gerusalemme. Later in our trip we will stop at Monte Sant'Angelo in Puglia, also part of this same route for pilgrims.

One of the many paintings on the walls depicts St. Michael, an archangel who fought with Satan.

An amazing view from the top.

Happily, we discover Ristorante della Sacra just outside the abbey. Here we eat ravioli with cream cheese in a fondue sauce and cabbage rolls with rice. Hope Stanley gets the chance to eat here, too.

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