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As an example of the turbulent history of this building, originally a 12th century outpost of the Premonstratensian monks, the mark left behind the Soviet red star is still visible. Just a few metres away, a much higher and much brighter holy cross stands on the roof ...
The monastery was built to thank the Virgin Mary for the Portuguese victory over the Castilians in the battle of Aljubarrota in 1385, fulfilling a promise of King D. João I. It is an example of Gothic architecture. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Portugal.
Kintsvisi Monastery (Georgian: ყინწვისი, Qinc'visi) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley.
The Kintsvisi Monastery complex consists of three churches, of uncertain origin. The central (main) central church dedicated to St Nicholas is thought to date to the early 13th century, in what is generally regarded as a "golden age" of the Georgian monarchy. A very small chapel standing next to it is dedicated to St George, and dates from around the same time.
The oldest church, dedicated to St Mary dates from the 10-11th centuries, but is mostly in ruins.
The site is currently listed by the World Monuments Fund as a field project.
Photos taken from a visit to the Benedictine Monastery on Montserrat, just outside of Barcelona, Spain.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
The Alahan Monastery, Koja Kalessi, is a one hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.
The Christian monastery at Alahan is located in the mountains of Isauria in Southern Asia Minor near Mut on the road between Karaman and Silifke. Residing at an altitude of 4,000ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley. Construction started during the second half of the fifth century under Emperor Leo I and was finished by Emperor Zeno, yet by the seventh century it was abandoned. Its remains include two churches, one (The East Church) is extremely well preserved, a baptistery, a colonnaded runway running the full length of the site, and a couple of subsidiary buildings, plus some old caves and graves. The complex may be funded by Emperor Zeno (474-491), who was from the region. The buildings stretches along the side of the mountain and covers an area of 30x200 meters. It is quite possible that the monastery official, and monks lived in the houses surrounding the complex. The monastery stands as the finest achievement of native Isaurian stonemasons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture, half a century before the great achievements of Anicia Juliana and Justinian in Constantinople.
In 2012, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Mersin Governorship started restoration work on the site because of its history and heritage.
The Alahan Monastery, Koja Kalessi, is a one hour walking distance from the village of Geçimli, located in the province of Mersin, Turkey. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites who have "outstanding universal value" to the world.
The Christian monastery at Alahan is located in the mountains of Isauria in Southern Asia Minor near Mut on the road between Karaman and Silifke. Residing at an altitude of 4,000ft, it stands 3,000 ft over the Calycadnus valley. Construction started during the second half of the fifth century under Emperor Leo I and was finished by Emperor Zeno, yet by the seventh century it was abandoned. Its remains include two churches, one (The East Church) is extremely well preserved, a baptistery, a colonnaded runway running the full length of the site, and a couple of subsidiary buildings, plus some old caves and graves. The complex may be funded by Emperor Zeno (474-491), who was from the region. The buildings stretches along the side of the mountain and covers an area of 30x200 meters. It is quite possible that the monastery official, and monks lived in the houses surrounding the complex. The monastery stands as the finest achievement of native Isaurian stonemasons and sculptors. Alahan is a key site in the history of early Byzantine architecture, half a century before the great achievements of Anicia Juliana and Justinian in Constantinople.
In 2012, Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Mersin Governorship started restoration work on the site because of its history and heritage.
Located in the suburb of Chaidari, 11 km to the north-west of central Athens, is the 11th century Daphni Monastery ('daphni' means 'laurel' in Greek). It replaced an earlier monastery, founded on the site of the Sanctuary of Apollo Daphnaios, destroyed by the Goths in 395. Sacked by Frankish Crusaders in 1205, it was later given to the Cistercians, who abandoned it after the arrival of the Ottomans, who in turn presented it to the Greek Orthodox church. Deconsecrated in 1821 and used for a while as barracks and then a psychiatric hospital, it is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on account of the outstanding late 11th century mosaics that decorate parts of the interior of its octagonal church, the Catholicon, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. They would originally have been much more extensive. A lot of damage was caused by an earthquake in 1999, but the church and its mosaics have since been superbly restored. This photograph is of part of the fortified wall that encloses the monastery compound. On the right is part of the 13th century church porch.
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery is a 17th-century Orthodox Christian monastery located on the island of Crete, Greece. Located on the south-west coast of the island, in the municipal unit Innachori, it lies some 72 kilometres south-west of Chania. Built up on rocks some 35 metres high, it overlooks the Libyan Sea. According to local tradition, the name of the monastery is derived from one of the ninety steps which lead there, which is said to be golden and visible only to devout Christians. The monastery is dedicated to the Holy Trinity and the Dormition of Virgin Mary.
Paharpur Monastery or Somapura Mahavihara inscribed on the world heritage list , is of outstanding universal significance. The site is historically (479 AD) and Archaeologically very important which present the socio-economical, Political and cultural history of several countries of Pala Dinstry(479 AD)
Labrang monastery rooftops
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Entos Eyesu Monastery is a must visit when in the Lake Tana region. One of a few hundred that are found on the lake.
A buddhist monastery in Zhongdian (now renamed to Shangri-La)
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Kvatakhevi is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Shida Kartli, Georgia.
It dates to the 12th-13th century. The building has two portals, one to the south and one to the west. The façades are covered with finely hewn white stone squares. Historically, Kvatakhevi was also a literary center where several manuscripts were copied. It also possessed a treasure with many artifacts of medieval Georgian jewelry.
The monastery was significantly damaged during Timur's invasions of Georgia in the 14th century, but was subsequently repaired, more completely under the patronage of Prince Ivane Tarkhan-Mouravi in 1854. A belfry was added in 1872.
Kintsvisi Monastery (Georgian: ყინწვისი, Qinc'visi) is a Georgian Orthodox monastery in the Shida Kartli region, eastern Georgia, 10 kilometers from the town Kareli, on a forested slope of a high mountain of the Dzama valley.
The Kintsvisi Monastery complex consists of three churches, of uncertain origin. The central (main) central church dedicated to St Nicholas is thought to date to the early 13th century, in what is generally regarded as a "golden age" of the Georgian monarchy. A very small chapel standing next to it is dedicated to St George, and dates from around the same time.
The oldest church, dedicated to St Mary dates from the 10-11th centuries, but is mostly in ruins.
The site is currently listed by the World Monuments Fund as a field project.