The monastery of Santo Spirito in Ocre (L’Aquila, Italy) is a com-plex of extreme historical and architectural importance as it isthe sole example of coenobitic Cistercian architecture substantiallyintact in the Abruzzo region. The first nucleus of the monastery wasbuilt in 1222. Abandoned by the Benedictine order in 1652, it wasused as a cemetery from the nineteenth century until 1939. Thechurch stands between the north side of the monastery and thecloister; it consists of a single nave originally covered by an ogivalvault, partially replaced by beams after the cave-in, likely occurredin the eighteenth century.