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“Monte Fano” – Benedictine Monastery in Kandyan Hills By Arundathie Abeysinghe Situated in a tranquil location away from the hustle and bustle of Kandy City amidst cool climes of Ampitiya, Monte Fano is the mother house of the Sylvestro – Bendictine monks in Sri Lanka. Monte Fano stands in impeccable harmony with its environs, simple, yet majestic, lending magnetism to the landscape, a vast rectangular building depicting archetypal colonial architecture. Its remote location and salubrious climate provide seclusion and peace necessary for prayer as well as study. Family spirit forms the very core of the Benedictine life, according to *St. Benedict’s concept of a monastery, a spiritual family where the Abbot is the father and the monks are brethren of Christ. Monte Fano has an exact carbon copy of the *Shroud of Turin. The work of Sylvestro – Benedictine monks is well-explained as: “Per Crucem Ad Lucem” (in Latin meaning ...