Stična Abbey

Stična Abbey
Stična Abbey
Religion
Governing bodyCistercian Order
Location
LocationStična, Ivančna Gorica Municipality, Slovenia
Geographic coordinates45°57′25.19″N 14°48′20.70″E / 45.9569972°N 14.8057500°E / 45.9569972; 14.8057500
Architecture
Architect(s)Francesco Ferrata (1694), Candido Zulliani (middle 18th century)
FounderPellegrinus I., Patriarch of Aquileia
Official name: Stična - Abbey of Stična

Stična Abbey (Slovene: Cistercijanska opatija Stična, also Samostan Stična; German: Kloster Sittich, Latin: Sitticum) is the oldest monastery in Slovenia. It is the only Cistercian monastery in the country still operating (the other was Kostanjevica Abbey in Kostanjevica na Krki). Its mother house was Rein Abbey in Austria.

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