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Rebuilt in the 18th century, dedicated to Saint Peter of Cetinje, seen as the historical and cultural centre of the country.
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.
Gelati Monastery, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, it was an important religious, cultural and educational center of Georgia. Imereti Region, Georgia.
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Sanahin, together with the nearby Haghpat Monastery, were founded around the 10th century and was the centre of learning in the region. A number of detailed and sophisticated manuscripts were produced in Sanahin and had survived in different museums.
Sanahin, Lori Province, northern Armenia.
Built in 1579, Santa Catalina Monastery is a monastery of nuns of the Dominican Second Order in Arequipa, Peru.
Kadia Monastery about 40 km from Labrang.
Located in southern Gansu on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, Labrang is one of the largest and most important monasteries in Tibetan Buddhism. Its Living Buddha or "Gegen" ranks third in importance behind the Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. The monastery was largely destroyed during the Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution, but since the 1980s monks have meticulously rebuilt and restored its temples, prayer halls, stupas and residences.
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The Sera Monastery outside of Lhasa where the famous arguing monks used to live. We visited on the last day that it was going to be open as the Chinese had decided to close it for 30 days although noone really knew if it would be opened again. A very eery atmosphere with no monks around.
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.
Basilian monastery(1788), Ruzhany, Pruzhany district, Brest Region, Belarus 2017/ Монастырь базилиан, Ружаны, Беларусь
The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second biggest monastery. It is located opposite of the Great Meteoro Monastery and it was founded in the mid-14th Century by the exercitant Hosios Varlaam. This is the monastery where you can visit the tower of the old preserved net, used by the first monks for their ascent and descent from the rock, until it was "God’s will to have it replaced". It can now be reached by a stone staircase up the rock.
The tower of the old Franciscan monastery in Roundstone, Connemara. Within the monastery walls you'll find a music craft shop and the workshop of Mallachy Kearns - who makes bodhrans.
Gelati Monastery, built between the 12th and 17th centuries, it was an important religious, cultural and educational center of Georgia. Imereti Region, Georgia.
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Komic monastery, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh
As it was cloudy, I tried a few black & white shots, just for fun. This is one of them.
from southern Indiana, Brother Guy (later Father Ray) was my introduction to mission work with the Dakota Indians at this, one of Blue Cloud's many Indian missions, summer 1974
Kodachrome in Yashica Electro 35 GSN
The monastery has preserved the tower with the old pully system where you can see the net, used by the first monks to bring up people and provisions.
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.