During the next two centuries in spite of some restorations and new constructions Farfa lost all importance. The monastery was suppressed in 1798 followed another in 1861 by the new Kingdom of Italy. Part of the possessions were sold to private citizens. Felice Giacomo Vitale was the previous owner who sold Farfa Abbey to Count Volpi. (Vitale was a notable lawyer in Rome Turn of the 20th century). He was the same owner of villino Vitale in Via dei Gracchi, Rome.) The heirs of the last owner, Count Volpi, donated part of the monastery owned by them and some land around it to the monks. In 1920, a group of monks sent by Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, then Abbot of the Abbey of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome (attached to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls), gave new life to Farfa Abbey in establishing a monastic community, Farfa was declared a national monument but only much later were steps taken to reconstruct and repair the buildings. Cathedral The cathedral has a huge Romanesque gate, with magnificent floral friezes. The interior has three naves, and the middle one is surmounted with a lunette representing the Virgin and the Child. The Renaissance hall has several chapels: the most venerated image of Farfa is housed in the Crucifix Chapel. The interior wall of the façade has a large canvas depicting the Last Judgment (1571) by the Flemish painter Hendrick van den Broeck. Ruins of the ancient 9th century church are included in the church and the monastery. In 1961, in the apse, a precious Roman sarcophagus from the 1st or 2nd century AD was discovered. The large cloister is from the 16th century. The bell tower belongs to the original Carolingian buildings. Inside, at the lower end, Abbot Sichard had an oratory built. List of abbots Thomas of Maurienne (680/700–c.720) Aunepert (720–24) Lucerius (724–40) Fulcoald (740–59) Wandelbert (c.759–61) Alan (–769) Guicpert (769–70) Probatus (770–81) Ragambald (781–86) Altpert (786–90) Mauroald (790–802) Benedict (802–15) Ingoald (815–30) Sichard (c.830–42) Hilderic (844–57) Perto (857–72) John I (872–81) Anselm (881–83) Teuto (883–c.888) Nordepert (c.888) Spento (c.888) Vitalis (c.889) Peter (c.890–c.919) Rimo (c.920–930) Ratfredus (930–36) Hildebrand (936–43/7) Campo (936–943/7) Dagobert (943/7–952) John III (967–) Hugh (998–1039) Berard I (–1089) Berard II (–1099) Oddo (1099) Abbots commendatory: Francesco Tomacelli (1400-1406) Francesco Viterbese (1406-1414) Giordano Orsini (1420-1437) Giovanni Orsini (1437-1476) Latino Orsini (1476) Cosimo Orsini (1476-1481) Battista Orsini