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The Sinaia Monastery, located in Sinaia, in Prahova County, Romania, was founded by Prince Mihail Cantacuzino in 1695
Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank ("Հաղպատավանք" in Armenian), is a medieval Armenian monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia.
This Orthodox monastery is one of six remaining from the 14th - 16th century that can still be entered. Originally there were 24 but most are now just ruins. Locally known as the Monastic City of Rocks, The Holy Meteora to give it the true name is near Kalambaka in Greece. It's a trip worth making if you're fit enough to climb the many steps. Best viewed large :)) This image has now been made into an on-line jigsaw puzzle, so if that's your thing and you fancy giving it a try you'll find it on www.jigsawexplorer.com
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The light streaming throught the white and yellow stained glass acted as a "spotlight" to hightlight the Monastery's Alter. This is a combination of two photos. One for the Stained Glass and the other for the rest of the Alter area. I hand blended these two photos together using Photoshop.
The main monument of the Pobla de Benifassà, is the monastery of Santa Maria de Benifassà, declared a historical monument in 1931 and artistic interest, dating from the XIIIth - XVI and his walled compound this. This monastery is located on the outskirts of La Pobla de Benifassà north of the population. The monastery is occupied by cartujas nuns of the Order of St. Bruno, and their access is only allowed to church only on Thursdays from 13h to 15h.
The Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Bulgarian: Бачковски манастир "Успение Богородично", Bachkovski manastir, Georgian: პეტრიწონის მონასტერი, Petritsonis Monasteri), archaically the Petritsoni Monastery or Monastery of the Mother of God Petritzonitissa is a major Eastern Orthodox monastery in Southern Bulgaria. It is located on the right bank of the Chepelare River, 189 km from Sofia and 10 km south of Asenovgrad, and is directly subordinate to the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The monastery is known and appreciated for the unique combination of Byzantine, Georgian and Bulgarian culture, united by the common faith.
Transfiguration Monastery / Преображенски манастир - 7km north from Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново - Samovodene - България / Bulgaria
Songzanlin Monastery in Yunnan, China. Situated at 3300m, high in the Himalayas on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, it was established by the fifth Dalai Lama. Smoke from wood fires and mist from the surrounding grasslands intermingle to form a haze in the morning sun.
The Voroneț Monastery is a medieval monastery in the Romanian village of Voroneţ, now a part of the town Gura Humorului. It is one of the famous painted monasteries from southern Bukovina, in Suceava County. The monastery was constructed by Stephen the Great in 1488 over a period of 3 months and 3 weeks to commemorate the victory at Battle of Vaslui. Often known as the "Sistine Chapel of the East", the frescoes at Voroneț feature an intense shade of blue known in Romania as "Voroneț blue."
Once there was a dense impenetrable forest instead of this Garden of Eden. Around the beginning of the 14th century it became the place of seclusion for the first hermits, who fasted and prayed here.
The beautifully stone built Agios Ioannis Monastery has many features like this. Small but so effective.
Mar Saba Monastery from a drone view
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taken with DJI Mavic Pro
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The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery, is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal
Sucevița Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox convent situated in the Northeastern part of Romania. It is situated near the Suceviţa River, in the village Sucevița, 18 km away from the city of Rădăuţi, Suceava County. It is located in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina (northwestern Moldavia). It was built in 1585 by Ieremia Movilă, Gheorghe Movilă andSimion Movilă.[1]
The architecture of the church contains both Byzantine and Gothic elements, and some elements typical to other painted churches of northern Moldavia. Both interior and exterior walls are covered by mural paintings, which are of great artistic value and depict biblical episodes from the Old and New Testament. The paintings date from around 1601, which makes Sucevița one of the last monasteries to be decorated in the famous Moldavian style of exterior paintings.
The interior court of the monastic ensemble is almost square (100 by 104 meters) and is surrounded by high (6 m), wide (3 m) walls. There are several other defensive structures within the ensemble, including four towers (one in each corner). Sucevița was a princely residence as well as a fortified monastery. The thick walls today shelter a museum that presents an outstanding collection of historical and art objects. The tomb covers of Ieremia and Simion Movilă – rich portraits embroidered in silver thread – together with ecclesiastical silverware, books and illuminated manuscripts, offer eloquent testimony to Sucevița's importance first as a manuscript workshop, then as a printing center.
In 2010, the monastery has been inscribed by UNESCO on its list of World Heritage Sites, as one of the Painted churches of Moldavia.
The Monastery is dedicated to ‘Our Lady of the Golden Pomegranate’.
It was established in 1152 by monk Ignatios who, according to popular belief, found a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary off the shore of Paphos.
(Copied and edited from www.visitcyprus.com)
The mountain Montserrat with the Benedictine monastery of Santa Maria de Montserrat at about 45 km northwest of Barcelona.
Inspired by Tibetan Monasteries, by Indian Architecture, and by other Chinese and Japanese buildings, this is my final (maybe?) entry to the 2020 Summer Joust, and probably my heaviest build ever. It took two whole people to carry it down the stairs, and a great deal of stress! On me and on the bricks. I think some people will wonder at the color choices, but I wanted to stay as faithful as possible to Samye Monastery, and even go further out there, with the colors, so I braved it, and here's what it turned out like.
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In front we have a couple pillars of Ashoka with several ancient edicts inscribed at their bases.
In the center front is the gate through which the monks enter and exit the complex.
On the sides in the front we have some Arabic Indian inspired buildings with cells for the monks to meditate in.
Then behind we have three buildings with the living quarters, and the utilitarian portions of the complex.
Behind that is the central temple, with several stories and some tiny monk cells hanging on the left and the right towards the front of it. The debating halls are in the lowest story of the center keep.
Lastly, in the rear corners we have a couple of Nagara style temples, with Bhudist statues overlaid in gold.
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Two weeks after starting, I finished. This little book I read when I was a kid taught me to finish what I'd started. It's a good motto for a LEGO builder, haha. Thank God I was able to get satisfactory pictures of this heavy fragile contraption. I am very grateful, since I know so many things could have gone wrong xD . All the glory to God!
I hope you like it :) .
Россия. Ленинградская область.
Свято-Троицкий Александро-Свирский монастырь.
Троицкая часть Александро-Свирского монастыря.
Троицкий собор.
Russia. Leningrad region.
Holy Trinity Alexander-Svirsky Monastery.
Trinity part of the Alexander-Svirsky monastery.
Trinity Cathedral.
Meteora. Thessaly. Greece
The Monastery of Great Meteoron is the largest of the monasteries located at Metéora. It was erected in the mid-14th century and was the subject of restoration and embellishment projects in 1483 and 1552.
Agapia Monastery is a Romanian Orthodox nunnery located in Neamț County. It was built between 1641 and 1643 by Romanian hetman Gavriil Coci, brother of Vasile Lupu. The church, restored and modified several times during the centuries was painted by Nicolae Grigorescu between 1858 and 1861. It is the second largest nunneries in Romania, after Văratec Monastery, having 300–400 nuns.