The Sacra of San Michele is an ancient abbey built between 983 and 987, 40 km from Turin (Italy).

1. Sacra di San Michele.
   1. The Abbey.
   2. The Name of the Rose.
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Sacra di San Michele.

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 overlooking the villages of Avigliana and Chiusa di San Michele, in the Piedmont region of northern Italy.

The Abbey.

The abbey, which for much of its history came under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians. A special regional law acknowledges it as the "Symbolic monument of the Piedmont region".

The Name of the Rose.

The book The Name of the Rose was inspired by this monumental abbey. 

Issue.

The Sacra of San Michele is an ancient abbey built between 983 and 987, 40 km from Turin (Italy).Click to Tweet

Data di emissione 29 settembre 2007 Valore € 0,60 Tiratura tre milioni e cinquecentomila esemplari Vignetta raffigura la Sacra di San Michele, complesso abbaziale costruito intorno all’anno Mille nel territorio di Sant’Ambrogio di Torino. Completano il francobollo la leggenda “SACRA DI SAN MICHELE – SANT’AMBROGIO DI TORINO”, la scritta “ITALIA” ed il valore “€ 0,60” Bozzettista ed incisore Antonio Saliola Stampa Officina Carte Valori dell’Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A., in calcografia Colore monocromia Carta fluorescente, non filigranata Formato carta mm 48 x 40 Formato stampa mm 44 x 36 Dentellatura 13 ¼ x 13 Foglio venticinque esemplari, valore “€ 15,00”

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