Säben Abbey - Monastero Di Sabiona, Seen From Chiusa. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Säben Abbey - Monastero di Sabiona in Italian was a Benedictine nunnery located near Klausen in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It was established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Säben from Latin: Sabiona, situated on the `holy mountain`, was for centuries a centre of pilgrimage and controlled an extensive religious precinct. Situated above the town of Klausen, the hill it is built on was already settled during the New Stone Age. On the site of the present nunnery there was an earlier Roman settlement. The last nuns left the abbey in 2021. Klausen - Chiusa, in Italian is a comune municipality in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres northeast of the city of Bolzano. South Tyrol, Italy.