{"id":3875,"date":"2019-05-29T10:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T10:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/visitcastelliromani.valica.it\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2024-09-02T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T10:11:23","slug":"find-out-more-about-the-basilian-monks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/what-to-do\/find-out-more-about-the-basilian-monks\/","title":{"rendered":"Find out more about the Basilian monks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Monastery, built on the remains of a Roman villa of which the <strong>cryptoporticus<\/strong> is visible, is enclosed by massive crenellated walls with a walkway, a fortress and a semicircular tower.<br \/>\nThe beautiful church, with a Romanesque bell tower, contains the so-called <em>Crypta Ferrata<\/em> (the primitive church of San Nilo which gives its name to the surrounding town) and the Farnese chapel richly frescoed by <em>Domenichino<\/em>. The cloister, the rich archaeological museum and the library with over 50,000 ancient volumes are also outstanding. The Abbey also hosts the famous <strong>Laboratory of Restoration of Ancient Books<\/strong>, where the famous \u201c<em>Codex Atlanticus<\/em>\u201d of <em>Leonardo da Vinci<\/em> was restored.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/travelguide\/abbey-of-saint-nilus-and-its-museum\/\">Info and bookings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Monastery, built on the remains of a Roman villa of which the cryptoporticus is visible, is enclosed by massive crenellated walls with a walkway, a fortress and a semicircular tower. The beautiful church, with a Romanesque bell tower, contains the so-called Crypta Ferrata (the primitive church of San Nilo which gives its name to the surrounding town) and the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238],"tags":[266,263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5810,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions\/5810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitcastelliromani.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}