Convent of St. John, Val Müstair

[Mike Capodanno]

The history of the Convent of St. John in Müstair dates back over 1,200 years. The convent is inhabited by Benedictine nuns to this day and was declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983. The convent is the most significant church dating from the last millennium in Switzerland and possesses the largest fresco cycle of the early Middle Ages preserved to this day.

Further information:
Kloster St. Johann
CH-7537 Müstair
011 41 81 851 62 28
[e-mail]
www.muestair.ch