Convento della Presentazione al Tempio, Convent and church in Monte Argentario, Italy.

Convento della Presentazione al Tempio is the mother house of the Passionist Congregation, built between 1733 and 1737 on a wide plateau at Monte Telegrafo, in the municipality of Monte Argentario. The complex consists of a convent and a church with a rectangular plan, simple and austere, whose neoclassical facade was added in 1856. Paul of the Cross himself drew the first plan of the building.

Construction of the convent began in 1733 and was completed in 1737; it is the mother house of the Passionist Congregation. Paul of the Cross himself drew the first plan of the building, a simple rectangular layout in keeping with his rule of poverty and austerity. The neoclassical facade was added in 1856.

The convent is the mother house of the Passionist Congregation, founded by Paul of the Cross, whose first plan for the building is preserved in tradition. In the crypt stand a travertine statue of the founder and a bas-relief of his landing at Argentario. The church keeps the Madonna di Monte Argentario, a Roman-school image of the 18th century much venerated by local people.

The convent sits on the road connecting Orbetello and Porto Santo Stefano, making it accessible by the local route. Visitors should expect higher elevation and wooded surroundings, along with the fact that only a small monastic community resides here.

On 12 December 2000 Pope John Paul II stopped to pray in the church without warning, to the astonishment of the religious present. Susanna Agnelli, mayor of Monte Argentario from 1974 to 1984, loved the place and asked that her funeral be celebrated there. In the crypt are a travertine statue of the founder and a bas-relief of his landing at Argentario.