Abandoned Monastery and Orphan Asylum

Built centuries ago on an elevated hill overlooking a small Italian town below, sits a long forgotten and abandoned monastery, that is also shrouded in a bit of mystery. The entire 14 acres of the monastery complex, which consists of the original church, cloister, and convent; as well as the later additions of a chapel, gymnasium, school, and dormitory are all surrounded by a forest of shady oak trees lined with Mediterranean scrub. It is only accessed by a narrow, winding, worn-out road that seems to be just as vacant as the monastery itself.
The monastery was originally built by the Franciscan Order and used as such for the majority of its existence. Sometime in the early 1900’s, the monastery became a seminary and orphan asylum for young children before eventually closing down in 1994.
The old monastery is shrouded in mystery because not only is the history of the place vague at best, but the fact that some of the locals claim that the building is haunted and therefore, often visited by Satanists who come to the former monastery to perform black masses and mock the holy trinity of the Catholicism. Additionally, another puzzling and interesting fact is that apart from a couple of spray-painted satanic symbols on the walls, most of the monastery itself is still in pristine condition, especially after sitting abandoned and neglected for nearly 30 years. And finally, some of the church’s interior hand-painted details depict what appear to be battles of good versus evil. In one of the murals you can clearly see a green goblin creature grabbing the leg of a well-dressed man. In another mural, you can see an angel pouring water onto a small crowd of burning people. Obviously, none of us know the true meaning behind these cryptic paintings, but they are certainly original to the church and it’s almost like they have been somehow influenced by the satanists who come to speak blaspheme upon God.
After spending several hours documenting the buildings, we all left with the place feeling like the monastery is still a bit of a mystery and there are still some unanswered questions that remain. Although it is documented that the place closed as a seminary orphanage due to the number of declining orphans, rumor has it that it may have been closed for another reason, one that has been kept from the public. The current owner is trying to sell the complex for several millions dollars, but as you can see they do not care much about the history of the monastery or what happened here. The local Italian towns people where the monastery is located, have recently gotten together to try and raise money to help save the place. Let’s hope that they can make it happen, as this historic monastery should be both preserved and protected.
And that takes us to the end of another video from Abandoned Central. We hope that you enjoyed another abandoned location from our Italy trip. For more photos, check out our website at abandonedcentral.com. And please subscribe to Abandoned Central on KZbin so that you don’t miss any videos. Thank you!

[@mareile4216]

what an incredible place 😍I love and appreciate your videos cause there are like a little documentary with all the historical background you give us. keep up this great work. ... thanks for sharing with us. 🤘

[@abandonedcentral]

Glad you enjoy it! We are trying to make our videos more like short documentaries.

[@norajazzypoppy9043]

I love old buildings.its a shame that the building can not be saved 😊👍

[@SueGirling68]

Absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you for watching! Cheers!

[@amandarowell4932]

Absolutely stunning. That had to have been an amazing explore. I especially loved the foliage growing through the brick work. Another great explore, thanks for sharing.

[@abandonedcentral]

Glad you enjoyed it Amanda! This one was amazing. It was pretty far off our route on this trip through Italy but I'm glad we decided to give it a try.

[@paulagilbert4786]

That would make such a cool home! I hope they can save it.

[@irenewatts2874]

Nice work! Thanks for sharing with us. Stay safe and well.

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks, will do!

[@rosalyn6086]

What a beautiful old history building to pity people don’t look after them and bring them back to the former glory happens all of the world is so sadCx

[@jeanaesamuel47]

Sooooo very cool!!!

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching Jeanae!

[@RiZeUp48209]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching James!

[@kurtismckemmie4850]

If it was in the US the whole property would be a great condo complex. Of course those artifacts in the building would be salvageable.

[@jillybean2681]

It’s still pretty I love to see older places

[@dixself352]

I hope someone buys it and saves it.

[@mdqd8233]

قال تعالى { إِن كُلُّ مَن فِی ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰ⁠تِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ إِلَّاۤ ءَاتِی ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ عَبۡدࣰا } [سُورَةُ مَرۡيَمَ: ٩٣]

[@bethhivley2633]

The portrait at 4:26 looks like St. Thomas Aquinas. Yes I am Catholic ❤

[@customscreenprinting]

Abandoned Central thanks for sharing this video with me i really enjoyed it the place didn't look all that bad it could be fixed up. and who is this person you keep showing Rip Rebecca "bword" bunting #rwordlives on please reply with a answer and God Bless .

[@sonjaweiss6361]

Thanks!

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you for the support ♥

[@DrexelGregory]

The angel is pouring water to the souls in purgatory to help ease their purgative pain

[@brendakrieger7000]

Cool

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for watching Brenda!

[@robertmailhos8159]

Hopefully they can get the money 💲 to save it

[@abandonedcentral]

Its possibly savable but the building is really far gone. Thanks for watching Robert!

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@abandonedcentral ohh no that's not a great thing to hear that the building is in such bad shape 🥺😳😭

[@helitoptero]

Top

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you!

[@tomk5047]

In America it would been vandalized already

[@abandonedcentral]

Yea it woulda been covered in graf thats for sure.

[@gordonleahy1364]

I like to see more bandhan funeral homes with purses and the flower car and the limo

[@abandonedcentral]

We have 25 different abandoned funeral home videos on our channel. Check some of those out.

[@poochiekitty8062]

First!!!! 😁

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you for watching!