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The Monastery of Batalha is a Dominican convent in the municipality of Batalha, in the district of Leiria, in the Centro Region of Portugal. 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 Gothic architecture in Portugal, intermingled with the Manueline style.
The former Benedictine monastery in Wiblingen is now home to several departments of the medical faculty at the University of Ulm.
The interior of the library was completed in 1744 and is one of the most famous rococo buildings in Southern Germany. The renowned magazine Architectural Digest chose the library hall of the Wiblingen monastery as one of the 13 most beautiful in the world.
Panorama (stitched from 9 individual HDR images) covering a viewing angle of 330°H x 160°V. Zoom in to take a virtual tour and enjoy the splendid details!
Since no tripods were allowed inside the hall I tried to capture the images handheld using the so-called "philopod" method and I was surprised how well this worked out.
The Sumela Monastery, which stands on the foot of a steep cliff facing the Altındere Valley in the region of Maçka in Trabzon Province, Turkey, is popularly known as “Meyem Ana” (The Virgin Mary). The building complex is nearly 300 meters high and was built following the tradition of monasteries that were located outside the cities in forests near cave and source of water. The elevation of the Monastery is about 1350 meters.
The Monastery, founded in honor of the Virgin Mary, took the name of “Sumela” which derives from “Melas,” meaning black. Although it is thought that it has taken this name from the mountains, the Karadağlar (Black Mountains), on which it stands, it could also be associated with the black color of the icon of the Virgin Mary.
According to tradition, the Monastery was founded by two priests called Barnabas and Sophronius who came from Athens during the reign of the Emperor Theodousius I (AD 375 - 395). Then, in the 6th century, it was restored by the General Belisarius at the behest the Emperor Justinian who wanted it to be enlarged and restored.
The Monastery reached its final, present form in the 13th century. It gained importance during the reign of Alexios III (1349 - 1390) of the Comnenian Empire of Trabzon, which had been established in 1204. Its income was assured from imperial funds. During the time of Manuel III, son of Alexios III, and the reigns of later princes, Sumela gained further wealth from new imperial grants.
During the 18th century, many parts of the Monastery were restored and the walls were decorated with frescoes. In the 19th century, the Monastery took on an impressive appearance with the addition of larger buildings. This was the Monastery’s heyday and it attracted many foreign travelers who mentioned it in their writings.
The large building with a balcony on the front part of the cliff was used for the monks’ cells and as a guesthouse, it dates to 1860.
Source: Museum Entrance
long I stood there,
wondering, fearing,
doubting, dreaming...
(Edgar Allan Poe)
Taken at Monastery, CDS
by wikipedia:
Georgian Orthodox monastery, located on the Zedazeni mountain (northeast to Mtskheta). The monastery was founded in 540 AD by Saint John, one of the Holy Assyrian Fathers of Georgia.
Maulbronn Monastery (German: Kloster Maulbronn) is the best-preserved medieval Cistercian monastery complex in Europe. It is situated on the outskirts of Maulbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and is separated from the town by fortifications. In 1993 the monastery was made a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Wikipedia)
Das in der Nähe von Karlsruhe gelegene Kloster Maulbronn ist die am vollständigsten erhaltene Klosteranlage des Mittelalters nördlich der Alpen.
Martvili Monastery (Georgian: მარტვილის მონასტერი) is a Georgian monastic complex located in the village of Martvili in the Martvili District of the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Province (Mkhare) of Georgia. It sits upon the highest hill in the vicinity and was of strategic importance.
The site upon the hill where the monastery stands today was used in ancient times as a pagan cultural center and was a sacred site. There once stood an ancient and enormous oak tree that was worshipped as an idol of fertility and prosperity. Infants were once sacrificed here as well. After the conversion of the native population to Christianity, the ancient tree was cut down so as not to worship it anymore. A church was originally constructed in the late 7th century upon the roots of the old oak tree and was named in honor of Saint Andrew who preached Christianity and converted the pagans across the Samegrelo region.
The main Martvili-Chkondidi Cathedral (Mingrelian: Chkoni translates to "oak") was reconstructed in the 10th century after invasions that destroyed the prior church. Preserved in the church are frescoes of the 14th to 17th centuries.
Mileševa (Serbian Cyrillic Милешева) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in the Mileševa Valley in the southwestern Serbian mountainous region about five kilometers east of Prijepolje.
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The Serbian King Stefan Vladislav had the monastery built in the first half of the 13th century. His grave is now in the monastery church. According to traditional doctrine, the Bosnian king Tvrtko Kotromanić was crowned king of Serbia and the coastal country here in 1377. In the 15th century, Prince Stjepan Vukčić Kosača expanded his domain to include former Serbian territories on which the monastery was located. In 1449, Vukčić changed the ducal title he had given himself the previous year to that of Duke “of Saint Sava”, named after the saint whose bones were then buried in the monastery.
Meaning Swinging Icon of Mary this Monastery was founded on the spot a small boy witnessed an icon of Mary swinging in a tree. Set in a remote part of the island the grounds are so tranquil and well worth a visit.
Tbeti Monastery, medieval Georgian Orthodox monastery in Historical Southern Georgia, was an important cultural hub of medieval Georgia. A number of hagiographical works were created by the monks living there.
It is Located in modern Turkey, on the right bank of the river Imerkhevi, 15 kilometers away from the town Shavsheti.
The monastery of Tbeti included several monasteries, but nowadays only the ruins of the main church still remain.
The monastery was active in the second half of the XVII century, after which the local population opened a Muslim shrine in the building which was functioning until the end of the XIX century. Unfortunately, the church is severely damaged now.
Troyan Monastery, Bulgaria
There was a lot to see and photograph here, so it was only when I got home that I took a closer look at the stone slab that had grown into the trees and at the candle lantern and the coins thrown down by believers. Unfortunately, I didn't photograph the plaque below, which may have an explanation, from the other side. Anyway, maybe I'll get the chance to go there again and find out more about it.
Update: I have to thank my dear friend Mike McGovern for the link that explains the mystery surrounding this monument. On the plaque on the other side it says that here stands the Holy Throne/Chair of the old church that was destroyed in 1835.
www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-commemorative-plaque-sacre...
Cistercian monastery in Ląd on the Warta River was founded in 1145, probably as a farm monastery in Łekno. After 1193 the efforts of Prince Mieszko Stary settled by monks from the Altenberg near Cologne. Until the 16th century monks were recruited from the Rhineland. In 1511 parliamentary act allowed the entrance to the monastery Poles, and since 1538 the abbot could only be a Pole of noble origin.
During the Russian occupation, in 1819 monastery was liquidated. After regaining independence in 1921, the church and the monastery is owned the Salesians.
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Klasztor cystersów w Lądzie nad Wartą został założony w 1145, zapewne jako folwark klasztoru w Łeknie. Po 1193 staraniem księcia Mieszka Starego zasiedlony przez mnichów z Altenbergu koło Kolonii. Do XVI wieku zakonnicy rekrutowali się z Nadrenii. W 1511 ustawa sejmowa umożliwiła wstęp do klasztoru Polakom, a od 1538 opatem mógł być tylko Polak szlacheckiego pochodzenia.
W czasie zaboru rosyjskiego, w 1819 roku zakon uległ likwidacji. Po odzyskaniu niepodległości, od 1921 roku kościół i klasztor jest własnością Salezjanów.
Mileševa (Serbian Cyrillic Милешева) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in the Mileševa Valley in the southwestern Serbian mountainous region about five kilometers east of Prijepolje.
Story
The Serbian King Stefan Vladislav had the monastery built in the first half of the 13th century. His grave is now in the monastery church. According to traditional doctrine, the Bosnian king Tvrtko Kotromanić was crowned king of Serbia and the coastal country here in 1377. In the 15th century, Prince Stjepan Vukčić Kosača expanded his domain to include former Serbian territories on which the monastery was located. In 1449, Vukčić changed the ducal title he had given himself the previous year to that of Duke “of Saint Sava”, named after the saint whose bones were then buried in the monastery.
Mileševa (serbisch-kyrillisch Милешева) ist ein serbisch-orthodoxes Kloster im Mileševa-Tal in der südwestlichen serbischen Bergregion etwa fünf Kilometer östlich von Prijepolje.
Geschichte
Der serbische König Stefan Vladislav ließ das Kloster in der ersten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts erbauen. Sein Grab befindet sich heute in der Klosterkirche. Der traditionellen Lehre zufolge wurde der bosnische König Tvrtko Kotromanić im Jahr 1377 hier zum König von Serbien und dem Küstenland gekrönt. Im 15. Jahrhundert erweiterte Fürst Stjepan Vukčić Kosača sein Herrschaftsgebiet um ehemalige serbische Gebiete, auf denen sich das Kloster befand. Im Jahr 1449 änderte Vukčić den herzoglichen Titel, den er sich im Vorjahr gegeben hatte, in den eines Herzogs „vom Heiligen Sava“, benannt nach dem Heiligen, dessen Gebeine damals im Kloster begraben wurden.
The largest monastery in Zanskar valley was initially built in the 10th century and is a great treasure of murals....taken in Ladakh Himalayas, India
Gornjak Monastery, also known as Ždrelo, is a 14th-century Serbian Orthodox monastery near the present-day city of Petrovac in Serbia. The Gornjak Monastery is located in the Gornjacka Gorge between Žagubica and Petrovac na Mlavi. Wikipedia (English)
Das Gornjak-Kloster, auch bekannt als Ždrelo, ist ein serbisch-orthodoxes Kloster aus dem 14. Jahrhundert in der Nähe der heutigen Stadt Petrovac in Serbien. Das Kloster Gornjak liegt in der Gornjacka-Schlucht zwischen Žagubica und Petrovac na Mlavi. Wikipedia
Cloister
Built in the 17th century, it has a double cloister composed of thirty-six semicircular arches supported by rectangular pillars (nine per side), the upper cloister is closed by balconies. The sobriety of the cloister is attenuated by the sculptural decoration of the wainscots and the keys of the arches with vegetal decoration and fantastic animals.
Monastery of Ucles, Cuenca, Spain
Claustro
Construido en el siglo XVII, posee un doble claustro compuesto por treinta y seis arcos de medio punto apoyados en pilares rectangulares (nueve por lado), el claustro superior esta cerrado por balcones. La sobriedad del claustro queda atenuada por la decoración escultórica de las enjutas y las claves de los arcos con decoración vegetal y animales fantásticos.
Monasterio de Ucles, Cuenca, España
An elevated view across the beautiful grounds of the Iconistria Monastery on Skiathos, with the Orthodox whitewashed church visible to the right.
In Vyatka there are quite a few monasteries. Here is one of the best preserved to the present day. It was founded by Tryphon Vyatskiy, archimandrite and saint who did a lot for our region. The charter to found the monastery was signed by Ivan the Terrible in 1580.
Panorama of 3 shots, hdr. It was pretty cold, but the ice on this creek was already gone.
Rumtek monastery dating back to the mid-1700s near Gangtok the capital of the beautiful state of Sikkim in north-east India.
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Lyse Abbey was founded in 1146 and the first monks were brought over here from Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire, England. This was the first Cistercian monastery in Norway and was modeled on others built in England and France. The abbey was dissolved in 1537.
Markov Monastery — an Orthodox monastery located south of the village of Markova Sushica, along the Markova Reka valley on its left bank, 20 km from Skopje. The monastery is still active today, and a female monastic sisterhood exists in it. In the monastery itself is the church of St. Dimitria and the imposing bell tower
It is the legacy of Ivan Crnojevic, who was the ruler of the state of Zeta at the end of XV century. In the last 500 years this monastery was the seat of all Montenegrin bishops. Since its foundation it has been connected with bishops – episcopes, and metropolitans, and therefore it is considered to be the greatest center of Montenegrin education and culture during the past centuries.
Old monastery was built by Ivan Crnojevic in 1484 at the locality which is called “Cipur” (from the Greek kipurion which means a wonderful garden), and the monastery was ruined in 1692 during one of the breeches of Sulejman pasha Busatlija on Cetinje, so about its original appearance there are two testimonies: Engraving from Cetinje Oktoih, and a plan of a Venetian engineer Barbieri.
Montenegrin metropolitan Danilo Petovic renewed the monastery at the beginning of XIII century. Instead of renewal of the old monastery, a new one was built in the place of the Castle of Ivan Crnojevic, but the trustee inscription, which is located above the entrance doors of the church, and the herald of Crnojevic family, which is built into the outer side of the altar apsidal have been passed onto. After the reconstruction the monastery complex took up the size of 1400 square meters. Trenches filled up with water and a defensive wall with 62 gun holes surrounded it. Inside the walls there were night chambers, a smaller church of Sveti Petar (St. Peter), and a big basilica of Sveta Djevica (Saint Virgin). Several times additionally built and adapted the monastery acquired the present look in the period between 1925 and 1927. The nucleus of the monastery is the church of Rodjenja Bogorodice (Birth of the Virgin). Entire relics of Sveti Petar Cetinjski (St. Peter from Cetinje), by whom the monastery got the name, have been places inside it.
The hand of Sveti Jovan Krstitelj (Saint Jovan the Baptizer), relics of Sveti Petar Cetinjski. Segment of Honorable Cross, as well as a part of the relics of Teodor Stratilan are preserved in the monastery with which the monastery itself is one of the richest treasuries of the Christian world. Above the monastery you can see a skit of Sveti Jovan Krstitelj that was built in 1997. The construction of the Church of Sveti Jovan Krstitelj in that place is in plan and it will be built in the honor of saint’s right hand that is kept in the monastery.
First primary and secondary school in Montenegro were formed in the Monastery. Petar II Petrovic Njegos (1813 – 1851), the most famous Montenegrin ruler and poet handled a print shop as well as a workshop for producing zinc cannon balls. Cetinje monastery served also as a mausoleum to dynasty Petrovic, and prince Danilo Petrovic, his wife Darinka, his daughter Olga, as well as the great duke Mirko Petrovic, bishop Sava Petrovic and many other have been buried in it.