| Saint Michael's Abbey | |
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Abbazia della Sacra di San Michele (Arcangelo) | |
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| 45°05′52.92″N 7°20′36.56″E / 45.0980333°N 7.3434889°E | |
| Location | Mount Pirchiriano, in the municipalities of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino and Chiusa di San Michele in the Metropolitan City of Turin province, part of Italian Piedmont region |
| Country | Italy |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Religious institute | Rosminians |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Abbey |
| Dedication | Saint Michael (Archangel) |
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| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Romanesque and later Gothic architecture |
| Groundbreaking | 10th - 11th century |
| Completed | 13th century |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Archdiocese of Turin |
| Diocese | Diocese of Susa |
The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. The abbey, which for much of its history was under Benedictine rule, is now entrusted to the Rosminians.
A special regional law acknowledges it as the "Symbolic monument of the Piedmont region".[1] This monumental abbey served as one of the inspirations for the book The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.[2]