Italy - Klausen-Chiusa - Tourist graffiti at Säben convent

Säben Abbey in Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy. Säben Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. As with many sites of world heritage and historical importance, the tourists feel they can deface walls and surfaces. Säben was for centuries a centre of pilgrimage and controlled an extensive religious precinct. Situated above the town of Klausen, the hill it is built on what was already settled during the New Stone Age. On the site of the present nunnery there was an earlier Roman settlement.

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Säben Abbey in Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy. Säben Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. As with many sites of world heritage and historical importance, the tourists feel they can deface walls and surfaces. Säben was for centuries a centre of pilgrimage and controlled an extensive religious precinct. Situated above the town of Klausen, the hill it is built on what was already settled during the New Stone Age. On the site of the present nunnery there was an earlier Roman settlement.