05 Extra Charlemagne as founder of a monastery The Benedictine nunnery St Johann in Müstair is now part of the Unesco world cultural heritage. Over its 1,200 year-old history it has continuously been inhabited, first by monks and after the 12th century by nuns.Photo: Rufino Emmenegger. © Stiftung Pro Kloster St. Johann in Müstair + Legend has it that Charlemagne, surprised by a severe snowstorm on the Umbrail pass, founded the monastery of St Johann as a sign of gratitude. The illustration from 1394 found in historical documents shows the emperor handing the monastery/nunnery, represented here as a scale model, over to St Johann.Photo: e-codices + A statue in the wall niche showing Charlemagne. Originally it may have held a scale model of the site in its hands. The church is now world-famous for its Carolingian and Roman mural paintings.Photo: Ralph Feiner. © Stiftung Pro Kloster St. Johann in Müstair +