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A nun walks through the garden dusted with snow before the planting season begins at Val Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Swiss Alps. Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century.
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- MELISSA FARLOW
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- 3399x2213 / 1.6MB
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alps (switzerland), catholic clergy, catholic religion, christian clergy, christian religion, clergy, convents and monasteries, europe, gardeners and gardening, gardens, geography, mountains, mustair, natural forces and phenomena, precipitation, religion, religions of the world, religious structures, saint john's convent (mustair), snow, switzerland, weather, windows, world heritage sites
- Contained in galleries
- Alps_National Geographic magazine 2/2006
