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Old books are painstakingly restored in this nearly 1,000-year-old monastery.
During the Middle Ages, many monks copied ancient books so they could be passed on to future generations. The invention of the printing press made this work largely obsolete, but thousands of old books remained stored in monasteries. You can find many of those volumes in the library of the Praglia Abbey, an almost 1,000-year-old monastery located among the Euganean Hills. Founded in 1080, the structure served as a barracks and storage depot in the 1800s, when it housed a community of monks. Once again home to a community of monks, as well as old books, a tour of the abbey passes Renaissance paintings and beautiful grounds.
