Here people can have a meal or bar service at an affordable price. The Pilgrim’s Refectory is open all year and it has many halls available whereas other halls are opened only of necessary or in great influx of public periods. The Guests Quarters have many rooms available provided with heating, toilets, and showers, whatever it takes to have some prayer period.Įmployees do not provide linen change and room cleaning service during the stay. La Verna is a place of spirituality and pilgrimage, therefore we try to keep the services and the ways of staying in accordance with the nature of the place. Individuals and groups can refresh themselves in the convent’s guesthouse and in the Refuge of the Pilgrim.įor individuals, families and groups willing to spend few days in la Verna to pray together with the friars and rest. St Francis’ important spiritual heir not only deals with every single friar in the monastery, but it turns into the main vehicle which the community wants to convey to all those who visit la Verna.įor those wishing to stay in the Sanctuary for a while, there are many types of hospitality available. The Stigmata episode together with Francis’ lifestyle are the most precious things given to his friars at La Verna. ‘Francesco’ turned into a visible and concrete image of Christ, not only in his heart, mind and soul, which already were, but even in his exterior body. The Lord paid attention to his words and appeared to him in the guise of a crucified seraph who gave him as a gift the seals of the Passion. During his stay, he asked God to be able to take part, from the very deep of his heart, of the Passion of Christ, mystery of both love and pain. Francis withdrew on the mountain for his ordinary spiritual exercises and silence. Over the sheer cliff and wrapped around by a surrounding wood we can find the hole unit of the Sanctuary, which cherishes several art, culture and history treasures inside its massive and articulated structure.
The mount covered with a monumental fir and beech trees forest, is characterized by an unmistakable appearance thanks to its summit (1283 sea level) bending in sheer drop over the valley. La Verna Sanctuary is located in the Tuscan Apennines.
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