The Valle Christi Monastery in Rapallo
A magical place here on the Riviera that until now I had only seen in photos. And finally, a couple of weeks ago I went to see it too.
It is located in Rapallo behind the golf course and is very easy to reach by car (it is no more than five hundred meters from the motorway exit and there is a convenient free car park, I believe) and, if you pass by when it is open (there are times that I can't tell you, though), you can visit it freely.

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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Canon EF-S 10-18.

There is also the official website of the festival that is celebrated there annually: vallechristi.it.

If you want to see all the photos I took at the monastery click here:

The monastery of Santa Maria in Valle Christi was a Catholic place of worship located in the hamlet of San Massimo, in via San Massimo, in the municipality of Rapallo in the metropolitan city of Genoa. The former monastic complex from the thirteenth century is included in the list of Italian national monuments; it is one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the entire Ligurian territory.
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The Valle Christi monastery in Rapallo – Le monastère de Valle Christi à Rapallo – El monasterio de Valle Christi en Rapallo – O mosteiro de Valle Christi em Rapallo – Das Kloster Valle Christi in Rapallo – Tu viện Valle Christi ở Rapallo – 拉帕洛的 Valle Christi 修道院 – ラパロのヴァッレクリスティ修道院