San Salvatore, Brescia
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
The Santa Giulia (left) and San Salvatore churches in the Santa Giulia museal complex. | |
| Official name | The monumental area with the monastic complex of San Salvatore-Santa Giulia |
| Location | Brescia, Italy |
| Part of | Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568–774 A.D.) |
| Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (vi) |
| Reference | 1318-002 |
| Inscription | 2011 (35th Session) |
| Coordinates | 45°32′23″N 10°13′41″E / 45.539852777814°N 10.228133333342°E |
San Salvatore (or, for most of its existence, Santa Giulia) is a former monastery in Brescia, Lombardy, northern Italy, now turned into a museum. The monastic complex is famous for the diversity of its architecture which includes Roman remains and significant pre-Romanesque, Romanesque and Renaissance buildings.
In 2011, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of a group of seven inscribed as Longobards in Italy: Places of Power (568–774 A.D.).
The monastery is traditionally considered the place where Desiderata, wife of Charlemagne and daughter of the Lombard King Desiderius, spent her exile after the annulment of her marriage in 771.