The Abbazia San Faustino

Umbria, Italy

Thirteenth-century Benedictine abbey in the wooded hills near Pietralunga, Umbria

No. 357 · Autumn 2026

The abbey on its green hillside, stone walls and the bell tower, The Abbazia San Faustino

Welcome

An abbey finished in 1289

The Abbazia San Faustino is a Benedictine abbey completed in 1289, taken in full for weddings, with a former abbey church, stone halls, a heated pool and 16 restored suites.

The Abbazia San Faustino is a Benedictine abbey that the monks completed in 1289, standing at about 600 metres in wooded hills on the old border of Tuscany and Umbria. It has since been restored as a residenza d'epoca and is used by one wedding at a time.

The former abbey church set for a ceremony, rows of white chairs before the apse, The Abbazia San Faustino

The setting

Vows in the old abbey church

The civil ceremony takes place in the former thirteenth-century church, with the old apse and fresco behind the couple, and the mayor will attend. The gardens are the alternative. A wedding breakfast then follows in the vaulted stone halls or on a glazed loggia above the valley.

Where: Pietralunga, Umbria, Italy
Capacity: Up to 180 for a ceremony and seated wedding breakfast
Stay: 16 restored suites, sleeping up to about 56
Ceremony: Former abbey church or gardens, with a civil ceremony by the mayor

The pool, sun-loungers and stone paths in the park above the valley, The Abbazia San Faustino

The celebration

How the day is held

4 spaces for the day. Up to 200 guests.

The medieval abbey in its gardens, the wooded hills of Umbria beyond, The Abbazia San Faustino

The Abbey

A Medieval Abbey

A 13th-century Benedictine abbey, completed by the monks in 1289, in the hills of Umbria.

The glazed loggia, white-clothed tables under a timber ceiling above the valley, The Abbazia San Faustino

Exclusive Use

The Whole Estate

Taken for exclusive use, with a church, stone halls, a pool and a park, and no time limits.

The heated pool on the lawn, the abbey and its cypress trees behind, The Abbazia San Faustino

The Ceremony

A Church for the Vows

One of the few private places in Umbria where the mayor holds the civil ceremony, in a medieval church.

A round basin in a stone bathroom of the restored abbey, The Abbazia San Faustino

Where to stay

Rest, close at hand

16 rooms and suites. Sleeps 56.

A suite beneath original beams, twin carved headboards and white linen, The Abbazia San Faustino

Rooms

Beamed Suites

Under original abbey beams

Antique Furnishings · Hill Views

A suite with a red sofa and a private staircase under the beams, The Abbazia San Faustino

Rooms

Abbey Suites

Sitting rooms in the stone

Private Sitting Room · Suites

A bedroom with a wrought-iron bed, white linen and terracotta floors, The Abbazia San Faustino

Rooms

Garden Rooms

White linen and quiet

Garden Views · Antiques

Bath amenities and rolled towels in a suite of the abbey, The Abbazia San Faustino

Location

Getting there

The Abbazia San Faustino stands at some six hundred metres in the wooded hills near Pietralunga, on the old Tuscan-Umbrian border. It is about forty minutes from Perugia and its airport, thirty from the medieval town of Gubbio, and within reach of Umbertide, Assisi and...

Airport: Florence
Airport: Bologna
Nearby: Gubbio, About 30 minutes
Nearby: Umbertide, About 25 minutes
Nearby: Perugia Airport (PEG), About 40 minutes
Nearby: Assisi, About 1 hour