HERITAGE RECORD · 269

Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair

米兹泰尔的木笃会圣约翰女修道院

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The Convent of Müstair, which stands in a valley in the Grisons, is a good example of Christian monastic renovation during the Carolingian period. It has Switzerland's greatest series of figurative murals, painted c. A.D. 800, along with Romanesque frescoes and stuccoes.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ757067 ↗

Inception0701

Area2036 ha

Administrative areaQ70513

WikipediaSaint John Abbey, Müstair ↗

Chinese Wikipedia米施泰尔的本笃会圣约翰女修道院 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(iii)A unique or exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or civilisation.

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