The New Usage for Convents (Amber)

 Amber Teague 1/19/2024 post for the 14th readings

Throughout our trip from Venice to Orvieto and now to the Amalfi Coast and into Rome the places that we are staying at hold and have held a history. Before in the past and even soem today are used as convents. But more and more as teh years pass the usage for these buildings have begun to chnage because less and less numbers of women have converted to becoming a nun. whilst in usage the buldings were the sites for convents they usally were seen more towards the outer walls of the city. Due to that in the readings it states that the governemnt would soemtimes give the job of watchign out for the city to the convents. 

 

An exciting twist of events these convents even held theaters but of course only females could view them which added int eh numbers of nuns willing to act in the play due to no longer fearing the males of their family watching them. Sadly though most of the plays were taken from friary so the plays were already weeded out for popular laughs at the time. 

 

In Venice, the church buildings were now used as museums and tourist destinations the main ones being the Basilica as well as others throughout our trip. 





Now you may ask why that specific title is for the blog. Well as mentioned previously not all church-owned buildings more so that of convents are now being used for their original purpose. Take our trip as an example. We are lodging inside these convents paying for the rooms. 

In Venice we would have nuns prepare our breakfast and down the hall that would lead to the eating room there would be items that we could purchase that would help the church with their missions. In Orvieto, the convent that we stayed at would be worked by three nuns who were always at the door to buzz us in. Inside that convent, though it wasn't just a lodging house rather it added another purpose. In the morning and throughout the afternoon it was used as a daycare/ schooling for the little kids of the town. 



The question holds what are we to see in Amalfi and Rome. 

Photo one church in Orvieto, second photo Casa di Accoglienza Religiosa San Lodovico Piazza Ranieri 

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