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The Gelati Monastery, whose main buildings were erected between the 12th and 17th centuries, is a well-preserved complex, with wonderful mosaics and wall paintings. The cathedral and monastery represent the flowering of medieval architecture in Georgia. (UNESCO)
Stakna Monastery.
Stakna Gompa of Ladakh is situated on the right bank of the Indus River, at a distance of approximately 25 km from the town of Leh. The name, 'Stakna' literally means 'tiger's nose'. The monastery was so named because it was built on a hill, which is shaped just like a tiger's nose.
Stakna Monastery of Leh Ladakh owes its inception to Chosje Jamyang Palkar, the great scholar saint of Bhutan. It formed a part of the many religious estates offered by the Dharmaraja Jamyang Namgial to the saint, around 1580 AD.
The central image inside the monastery is that of the sacred Arya Avalokitesvara from Kamrup (Assam). Stakna belongs to the Dugpa order and serves as the residence of approximately 30 monks. The successive reincarnations of the Stakna Tulku continue to serve as the incumbents of the monastery, preserving the teachings of the Dugpa order. Stakna Gompa also has a number of monasteries attached to it, namely Mud and Kharu and those of Stakrimo, Bardan and Sani in Zanskar.
On entering the central courtyard, one comes across the Dukhang (main assembly hall). The head lama got seven feet high, silver gilted chorten erected inside the Dukhang, in the 1950s. The chorten comprises of a statue of the Buddha as well as numerous Buddhist texts. The left wall of the Dukhang is adorned with three new paintings, those of the Tsephakmad (a Buddhist deity), Sakyamni (the Historical Buddha) and Amchi (the Medical Buddha).
The wall opposite to the Dukhang entrance is also painted with three images, those of a Bodhisattva, Padma Sambhava (8th century Indian Buddhist scholar and translator of Buddhist texts into Tibetan) and Tshong-san-gompo (an early king of Tibet). To the right of the hall are the statues of Sakyamuni (Past Buddha), the Present Buddha and Maitreya (Future Buddha). And, the throne of the head lama of Stakna lies on the left side of the Dukhang
The monastery of Agia Triada of Tzagarolon is one of the richest and most beautiful monasteries in Crete. It is built near the airport of Chania, in the position Tzobomylos of the Cape Melecha and at the foothills of Stavros Mount. The distance from Chania is only 15km.
The monastery was built by the Venetian nobles Jeremiah and Lawrence Tzagarolo. Jeremiah was a famous scholar of his era with rich education and was a friend of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Meletios Pigas. Jeremiah himself was a candidate for Patriarch of Constantinople. Moreover, Jeremiah designed and built the monastery complex of the monastery, being affected by the architect Sebastiano Serlio from Verona, Italy.
Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh (within the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir). Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.
Surrounded by pine forest, the monastery of Panagia Kalopetra was built in 1782 on a mountain slope above the Valley of the Butterflies (Petaloudes). It was founded by Alexander Ypsilantis during his exiles in Rhodes. Ypsilantis was a Greek prince, ruler of Wallachia and Moldavia, engaged in various wars against the Ottomans. His grandson was the leader of the Filiki Eteria that began the Greek Revolution in 1821.
There are two contrasting stories involving the founding of this small monastery. One, the most plausible, relates that Ypsilantis brought his daughter to the area to cure her of tuberculosis, as the water that sprung from a rock on the mountain was considered to be therapeutic. In gratitude, he founded this small monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary, giving it the name of Kalopetra which in Greek means 'good stone'.
According to the other story the prince built the monastery after having survived a terrible storm at sea with his two children. This version says that Ypsilantis saw a divine light emanating from the area of Kalopetra that helped their ship reach land safely.
Lhatse - Sakya - Shigatse - Tibetan Plateau - Tibet Autonomous Region - China
Narthang Monastery - Sakya Monastery
Narthang Monastery is a monastery located 15 km west of Shigatse in Tibet. Founded in 1153 by one of the disciples of Atisha, Nathang was the fourth great monastery of Tsang with Shalu Monastery, Sakya and Tashilhunpo. Narthang was first famous for its scriptual teaching and monastic discipline. After the fourteenth century it gained great eminence as the oldest of Tibet's three great printing centres (the other being the Potala and the Derge).
The Fifth Panchen Lama took control of the monastery and it continued printing the Buddhist scriptures the Kangyur and the Tengyur up until 1959. Narrthang's five main buildings and large chanting hall were razed to the ground by the Chinese in 1966. They had contained priceless 14th century murals possibly painted by the artist scholars of nearby Shalu Monastery. Today only the mud-brick foundations can be discerned although parts of the Mongolian styled high-fortress walls are still standing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narthang_Monastery
Shigatse, officially known as XigazĆŖ, is a prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, It is located within the historical Tsang province of Tibet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigatse
With jeep on the road.
The Tibetan Plateau, also known in China as the QinghaiāTibet Plateau or the Qingzang Plateau or Himalayan Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau in Central Asia or East Asia, covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province in western China, as well as part of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir state of India. It stretches approximately 1,000 kilometres north to south and 2,500 kilometres east to west. With an average elevation exceeding 4,500 metres , the Tibetan Plateau is sometimes called "the Roof of the World" and is the world's highest and largest plateau, with an area of 2,500,000 square kilometres (about five times the size of Metropolitan France). Sometimes termed the "Third Pole", the Tibetan Plateau is the headwaters of the drainage basins of most of the streams in surrounding regions. Its tens of thousands of glaciers and other geographical and ecological features serve as a "water tower" storing water and maintaining flow. The impact of global warming on the Tibetan Plateau is of intense scientific interest.
St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church, also known as the Ancient Spanish Monastery, was originally built between 1133 and 1141 in Segovia, Spain. The monastery was illegally purchased by William Randolph Hearst in 1926, who brought most of the structure to Brooklyn, piece by piece. The pieces sat in a warehouse for many years before being reassembled in its current location.
Ancient Spanish Monastery. Miami, Florida.
I MaÅopolskie Dni Dziedzictwa Kulturowego, 15-26 wrzeÅnia 1999
Wieliczka wspominana jest w dokumentach już w latach 1123-1127, a jej pierwsza lokacja miaÅa miejsce w 1290 r. Prawa magdeburskie nadaÅ miastu Kazimierz Wielki w 1368 r. i wtedy otoczono je murami obronnymi. Wieliczka rozwijaÅa siÄ pomyÅlnie, gÅĆ³wnie dziÄki kopalni soli. W XVII w. dotknÄ Å jÄ szereg klÄsk ā epidemie, pożary, a nawet trzÄsienie ziemi.
W tym wÅaÅnie czasie, w 1623 r., przybyli do Wieliczki franciszkanie reformaci. JesieniÄ tegoż roku wybudowali na uboczu miasta, na terenie ofiarowanym przez mieszczan wielickich kaplicÄ i niewielki dom klasztorny. Rok pĆ³Åŗniej rozpoczÄli budowÄ kamienno-ceglanego koÅcioÅa, a w latach 1650-1655 wznieÅli murowany klasztor na planie czworoboku, z wewnÄtrznym wirydarzem. Pożar w 1718 r. poczyniÅ znaczne szkody, lecz zespĆ³Å klasztorny szybko odbudowano. W czasie ostatniej dużej rozbudowy wzniesiono nowicjat (1928), nadbudowano trzy skrzydÅa oraz zbudowano nowe, zachodnie skrzydÅo klasztoru. Prace wykonano wedÅug projektu MichaÅa Guzikowskiego.
KoÅciĆ³Å pw. StygmatĆ³w Åw. Franciszka Patriarchy jest pierwszÄ murowanÄ ÅwiÄ tyniÄ maÅopolskiej prowincji reformatĆ³w. WejÅcie do koÅcioÅa poprzedza obecnie dziedziniec, ogrodzony murem z bramkami i czternastoma stacjami MÄki PaÅskiej. W szczycie fasady zachodniej znajdujÄ siÄ trzy pÅaskorzeÅŗby: Stygmatyzacja Åw. Franciszka, Åw. Antoni Padewski i Åw. Piotr z Alkantary. KoÅciĆ³Å jest jednonawowy, z wnÄkami na oÅtarze, nakryty sklepieniem kolebkowym z lunetami. WnÄtrze ÅwiÄ tyni pokrywa polichromia o motywach roÅlinnych i symbolicznych, namalowana w 1928 r. wedÅug projektu Jana Bukowskiego. Na Åcianie pomiÄdzy nawÄ a prezbiterium widnieje malowany wizerunek Åw. Franciszka otrzymujÄ cego stygmaty na gĆ³rze Alverno.
OÅtarze wykonane z drewna dÄbowego pochodzÄ z 1. poÅ. XVIII w. W oÅtarzu gÅĆ³wnym, ufundowanym przez rodzinÄ Grabowskich z Wieliczki, znajduje siÄ XVIII-wieczny, drewniany krzyż, a po obu jego stronach figury Åw. L udwika, krĆ³la Francji, i Åw. Elżbiety WÄgierskiej. Warto jeszcze zajrzeÄ do nowo wybudowanej kaplicy po lewej stronie nawy, gdzie znajduje siÄ XVII-wieczny obraz Matki Bożej z DzieciÄ tkiem, malowany w technice tzw. tempery tÅustej na pÅycie kamiennej. Obraz ten przeniesiono do koÅcioÅa z kaplicy przydrożnej, stojÄ cej w miejscu, gdzie pĆ³Åŗniej zbudowano klasztor.
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Church and Monastery of the Reformed Franciscans
in Wieliczka
Wieliczka features in written documents as early as in 1123-1127, and it was chartered for the first time in 1290. In 1368 it received city rights on the Law of Magdeburg from king Kazimierz Wielki (Casimir the Great) and was surrounded with defence walls. The city prospered mainly thanks to the salt mines. In the 17th century the town suffered numerous disasters ā it was plagued by pandemics, fires and even an earthquake.
At the same time, in 1623, the first monks of the Order of Reformed Franciscans arrived in Wieliczka. In the autumn of that year they built a chapel and a small priory, situated on the lands in the suburbs of the town, granted to them by the citizens of Wieliczka. In 1624 the Order started the construction of a stone and brick church, and in 1650-1655 they erected a brick monastery in form of a square with an internal cloister. The fire of 1718 ruined the building but shortly after, the compound was renovated. The last major extension took place in 1928 and included the construction of the novitiate building, building new floors over three wings and construction of a new western wing of the monastery; all the works were based on the design by MichaÅ Guzikowski.
The Church of the Stigmata of Saint Francis the Patriarch is the first stone church of the Reformed Franciscans in MaÅopolska. Today, the entrance to the church is surrounded by a court surrounded by a stone wall with gates and 14 Stations of the Way of the Cross. At the top of the western faƧade, there are three bas-reliefs figures: Stigmatisation of St Francis, St Anthony of Padova, and St Peter of Alcantra. The single-nave church with altar niches is covered with groin vault. The interior walls are covered with floral and symbolical murals designed by Jan Bukowski in 1928. The painting on the wall between the nave and the chancel shows St Francis receiving the stigmata on top of Alverno.
The oaken altars date back to the first half of the 18th century. In the centre of the main altar, founded by the Grabowski family of Wieliczka, stands an 18th-century wooden cross with statues of St Louis, King of France and St Elisabeth of Hungary on its sides. Worth visiting is the newly-constructed chapel on the left of the nave houses a 17th-century painting of the Virgin Mary with the Child, painted in oil-tempera on a stone slab. The painting was transferred into the church from a roadside chapel that had stood in the place where the monastery was later built.
JerĆ³nimos Monastery, BelĆ©m, Lisbon, Portugal. According to wilikedia, the structure was started on the orders of Manuel I (1515ā1521) to commemorate Vasco da Gama's successful return from India. It was originally meant as a church for the burial of the House of Aviz, but it also became a house of prayer for seamen leaving or entering port. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%c3%b3nimos_Monastery
Tengboche Monastery is the largest gompa in the Khumbu region. We passed through the village after visiting Everest base camp.
Image scanned from negative. We returned to Nepal in 2009 with a digital camera. See our Dhualagiri set at www.flickr.com/photos/m-j-rousell/sets/72157627739703486/.
Tatev Monastery is another masterpiece of Armenian medieval architecture. It is a 9th century Armenian monastery located on a large basalt plateau close to the city Goris in Syunik Province of Armenia 280 km far from Yerevan. It reflects the classical style of the earlier Armenian architecture, but stands out by innovations contrived by the architects of the Syunik School. The monastic ensemble stands on the edge of a deep gorge of the Vorotan River. Tatev is known as the bishopric seat of Syunik and played a significant role in the history of the being a centre of economic, political, spiritual and cultural activity. It used to be the wealthiest medieval monastery in Armenia. According to tradition, Tatev Monastery is named after Eustateus, a disciple of St. Thaddeus the Apostle, who preached and was martyred in this region. Popular etymology includes a legend telling of an event that is tied to the construction of the main church, where an apprentice secretly climbs to the top of its steeple intending to place a cross of his own design. However, the apprentice is spotted by his master during his descent. Shocked by his discovery, the apprentice loses his foothold and falls into the abyss as he calls upon God to grant him wings, which, in Armenian is: āTa Tevā. His name has evolved to Tatev. In the 14th and 15th centuries Tatev Monastery hosted one of the most important Armenian medieval universities, the University of Tatev, which contributed to the advancement of science, religion and philosophy, reproduction of books and development of miniature painting. Scholars of the Tatev University contributed to the preservation of Armenian culture and creed during one of its most turbulent periods in its history. All the premises of the monastery have almost survived, and you can fully visualize the routine of the monasteries of the medieval Armenia. In the Vorotan River valley, not far from the Tatev Monastery there is another beautiful monument called Tatevi Anapat. It is a 17th century Armenian monastery. It belongs to the late medieval valuable complexes of the military significance and used to be a religious and educational center located in Tatev village. The trip to the Tatev Monastery is an adventure, going through gorges and valleys and then riding above mountains on the worldās longest reversible rope way which has 5750 m length. This link, named āWings of Tatevā connects the village of Halidzor with the Tatev Monastery. The project is executed by the Swiss competence centre of the Doppelmayr/Garaventa group and cost US$25 million. In 1995, the monasteries of Tatev, Tatevi Anapat and their adjacent areas of the Vorotan Valley were added to the tentative list of World Heritage Sites of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
This spectacular Dominican monastery was endowed by King JoĆ£o I of Portugal to celebrate a victory over the Castilians in 1385. Construction extended until 1517, spanning the Late Gothic and Manueline styles.
Tympanum over the main portal.
Cozia Monastery - Romania
Cozia Monastery, erected close to CÄlimÄneČti by Mircea cel BÄtrĆ¢n in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
Cozia features a museum of exhibiting old art: old manuscripts and prints, embroideries and objects of worship.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozia_Monastery
Interesting te read:
www.romanianmonasteries.org/other-monasteries/cozia-monas...
This monastery was built in the 1850's and is still in excellent condition. The last Sisters left the monastery during the 1990's and it has been left abandoned since.
Currently plans are being signed off to renovate the monastery into rooms for students.
Please visit www.preciousdecay.com for more pictures!
view large size, above. cluster of monasteries, in the heritage tabo gompa.
though you can appreciate single image; to enjoy this stereo (3d) image, first just go through any one of the image like a normal photo (please, see the largest size, going through 'all sizes' button). when you are ready to see in 3d ā¦
- concentrate on the centre line of 2 images for about half a minute
- when your eyes get little tired, try to focus your vision as if you are lost in deep thoughts, keeping the direction of vision towards the centre line
- a 3rd image will appear, pushing aside those two (if not yet, try to force your pupil nearer to each other by looking at the bridge of your nose)
- adjust your vision to see only 3 images (not four)
- concentrate on the 3rd middle image, the stereo one.
hope you could see the 3rd image and enjoy. if not, try hard; i promise, itās worth that little pain in your eyes!
see more SPITI ARCHITECTURE here.
We hadden het geluk om een namiddagdienst bij te wonen. Priesters werken en studeren ter plaatse. Voor de lokale en heel devote bevolking is er steeds een priester in de dichte nabijheid.
The monastery of Tatev (Armenian : ÕÕ”Õ©Õ„Õ¾, Russian: Š¢Š°ŃŠµŠ²) - established in 895 - is located in the Tatev village. The term "Tatev" usually refers to the monastery. The monastery always performed an important role in the history of the region, becoming its political, spiritual and cultural center.
Rudi-Arionesti monastery.
In the picturesque valley in the North of Moldova at the right back of Dniester, on the territory of the national park of Rudi - Arionesti there is a monastic ensemble of Saint Trinity built in the second half of the XVIIth century. The dominating element of this ensemble is the church built in 1772 having the same name as the monastery. Around the church various subsidiary structures are located such as the abbot's house, the refectory, cells and dwelling premises. Only the orchard and the bee garden are situated beyond the monastery.
According to its layout the monastery church is a true successor of traditions of ancient Moldavian structures. All the three apses - the eastern, the southern and the northern ones are of the same diameter and height. The narthex is more elongated since it is separated from the naos by a triple arcade.
Inside the bulk of the western wall there is a staircase leading to the choir gallery. Ancient inscriptions are made on the northern altar wall. The ancient iconostasis created by local craftsmen is mounted between the naos and altar. On many interior walls fragments of murals performed in the fresco method still can be seen.
This monastery was built in the 1850's and is still in excellent condition. The last Sisters left the monastery during the 1990's and it has been left abandoned since.
Currently plans are being signed off to renovate the monastery into rooms for students.
Please visit www.preciousdecay.com for more pictures!
MetƩora* monastery, Greece
UNESCO World heritage Site
The MetĆ©ora (Greek: ĪĪµĻĪĻĻĪ±, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complex of monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos.[1] The monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The MetĆ©ora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. MetĆ©ora's criteria [2] for the UNESCO World Heritage Site is I, II, IV, V and VII. [3]
Cozia Monastery - Romania
Cozia Monastery, erected close to CÄlimÄneČti by Mircea cel BÄtrĆ¢n in 1388 and housing his tomb, is one of the most valuable monuments of national medieval art and architecture in Romania.
Cozia features a museum of exhibiting old art: old manuscripts and prints, embroideries and objects of worship.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozia_Monastery
Interesting te read:
www.romanianmonasteries.org/other-monasteries/cozia-monas...
The Monastery of Batalha is a Dominican convent in the municipality of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in the Centro Region of Portugal. Originally, and officially, known as the Monastery of Saint Mary of the Victory, it was erected in commemoration of the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota and would serve as the burial church of the 15th-century Aviz dynasty of Portuguese royalty. It is one of the best and original examples of Late Flamboyant Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style.
Snagov, Romania.
On a tiny island in a lake just outside of Bucharest stands Snagov Monastery which, according to local tradition,Vlad the Impaler is buried. Vald Tepes is the inspiration for Bram Stokerās Dracula.
Originally founded in the 14th century and later excavated in 1933, the monastery is a simple and typical Orthodox church with many historic frescoes of bible stories and local history (mome of Vlad). Supposedly after his notoriously cruel lifetime, Vlad Tepes III was buried in the church as per his request prior to his death.