Pilgrimage Destinations
Villa Palazzola - Rome
Villa Palazzola is a retreat, conference and pilgrim centre near Rome owned by the Venerable English College.
This former Franciscan monastery, built on the site of a Roman villa, occupies a dramatically beautiful position high above Lake Albano in the Alban Hills, 18 miles from the centre of Rome. The Cistercians, who formed the first community here, built the Church of Our Lady of the Snows in the 13th century. In 1919, after 500 years as a Franciscan House, the English College bought Palazzola as a summer retreat from the heat of Rome.
The Villa Palazzola near Rome
The Villa Palazzola stands in 16 acres of mainly wooded land. From the terraced garden, there is a breathtaking view over Lake Albano, with its steep wooded sides, to the Pope's summer residence at Castel Gandolfo and down over the city of Rome and across the countryside to the sea.
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