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Drepung Monastery is located at the foot of Mount Gephel about three miles from Lhasa, and is one of the great three university monasteries of Tibet.
Alexander the Kind built the first monastery in Moldoviţa on the banks of the Moldoviţa River at the beginning of the 15th century. The site chosen was far from other villages, in the middle of the forest. He donated lands and Tartar slaves to the establishment, and the first community around the compound was created. The monastery is mentioned for the first time in a document of 1402, and successive other documents tell of new donations. There is no record of how, or when, the monastery was destroyed, but possibly an earthquake ruined it at the beginning of the 16th century.
the Royal monastery of Poblet in Tarragona is the final resting place of many kings- visitors are allowed to see part of the monastery- some parts are off limits because it is still a real monastery!!!!
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.
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.
This photo was taken at the Rongbu Monastery in Tibet during the 15 day Saga Dawa holiday in celebration of Buddha's birthday. The Rongbu Monastery is the highest monastery in the world and we stopped in on our way back from Mt. Everest. We had no idea this would be going on because Saga Dawa had actually ended the previous day.
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People walk around this monastery full of history, ones searching for some inner peace, others for some good perspectives, others search for light...
inside "Mosteiro da Batalha" near Alcobaça town in Portugal
People might say Ostrog Monastery is like the Petra of the Balkans. Resting miraculously in a cliff face 900m above the Zeta valley, the monastery is no joke the most important site in Montenegro for Orthodox Christians, attracting up to a million visitors annually. The monastery was founded by Vasilije, the Metropolitan Bishop of Hercegovina, who became St. Basil of Ostrog. When he died, he was enshrined here. A lot of people have told stories about the spiritual changes that happened in their lives after visiting the monastery. They all believe that the relics of St. Basil bring miracles for all who believe and have faith. Since the shrine is pretty small, all visitors are queuing up here awaiting to get in. Luckily today was not too crowded so I was able to get in and paid my respect. The gloomy weather today made the visit more mystical!
Monastery is an Orthodox Christian monastery for women of the Church of Romania. It is the largest & also the last built of the painted monasteries of Bucovina. It was built in 1581 by the Bishop of Rădăuţi, Gheorghe Movila. Frescoes are the work of 2 master painters, Ioan and his brother Sofronie from Suceava.
Deyr ul-Zafaran Monastery (Syriac: ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܚܢܢܝܐ, Dairo d-Mor Ḥannanyo) is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery near the city of Mardin in Turkey. Founded in 493 AD, the monastery was formerly the seat of the patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1160 until 1932 where it relocated to Damascus.
The monastery has 365 rooms - one for each day of the year.
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this beautiful monastery was founded and built by the Cistercians- it is now a tourist destination and luxury hotel.
The monastery was built in 1152, it is called Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Rueda- the Royal Monastery of Our Lady of the Waterwheel. The monks designed and built a giant waterwheel to move the water from the Ebro river up to the monastery. There are still channels and ditches, the gardens have an intricate irrigation system.
Bulgarian monk Nikanor, 32, looks inside the church of Tsurnogorski monastery, some 50 km (31miles) west of the capital Sofia, September 24, 2008. The Nasdaq broker turned monk advises his former colleagues, shattered by the financial crisis, to keep a jar full of soil on their desks to remind them about where we are all heading to and what really matters in life. Five years ago, after failing to find happiness in the life he lived, the Orthodox Christian who hadn't practised as a child quit the New York-based market for a dilapidated Bulgarian monastery that once served as a communist labor camp. Picture taken September 24, 2008.REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov (BULGARIA)