Astino Abbey

The Romanesque church and the first conventual buildings were built by Bertario, the first abbot, who supervised the abbey for 21 years until 1128.

[1] In 1973 the property was acquired by a private company for conversion into a golfing centre, but the plan ran into so much opposition that it never came to fruition.

In 2007 the "Congregazione della Misericordia Maggiore" purchased it and completely renovated the church in 2013.

[1] The Church of "Santo Sepolcro" (of the Holy Sepulchre) was consecrated in 1117, but has been rebuilt over the centuries.

The building includes a cloister of the 15th century and a chapel to the memory of Blessed Guallo de Roniis, exiled bishop of Brescia.