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[[File:Sacra di San Michele07.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael's Abbey,<ref>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacra_di_San_Michele07.jpg]</ref>]] | [[File:Sacra di San Michele07.jpg|thumb|Saint Michael's Abbey,<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacra_di_San_Michele07.jpg]</ref>]] | ||
The [[Sacra di San Michele]], sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history was under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians. | The [[Sacra di San Michele]], sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history was under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Sacra di San Michele - Corpo centrale.jpg|thumb|Facade of Abbey<ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacra_di_San_Michele_-_Corpo_centrale.jpg]</ref>]] | |||
According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions. | According to some historians, in Roman times a military stronghold existed on the current location of the abbey, commanding the main road leading to Gaul from Italy. Later, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Lombards built a fortress here against the Frankish invasions. | ||