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The Monastery of St. Varlaam is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice 373 meters above the valley floor. It was founded around 1350 by a monk named Varlaam, followed by a few other monks. Decades later in the early 15th century after Varlaam died, the cliff was abandoned.
In the early 16th century two brothers from Ioannina, the priest-monks Theophanes and Nectarios, reactivated the abandoned monastery. They settled on the cliff spending many years building a new chapel dedicated to “All Saints” in 1541.
The Holy Monastery of Varlaam offers exceptional views to its visitors as well as a beautiful new museum where they exhibit many of the monastery’s valuable relics, art, and manuscripts.
Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitória, better known as Batalha (Battle Abbey) is one of the supreme achievement of Portugues architecture.
The bulk of the building was built between 1388 and 1434 and was transformed by Manueline additions in the 15th and early 16th century.
The monastery of Agia Triada of Tzagarolon is one of the richest and most beautiful monasteries in Crete. It is built near the airport of Chania, in the position Tzobomylos of the Cape Melecha and at the foothills of Stavros Mount. The distance from Chania is only 15km.
The monastery was built by the Venetian nobles Jeremiah and Lawrence Tzagarolo. Jeremiah was a famous scholar of his era with rich education and was a friend of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Meletios Pigas. Jeremiah himself was a candidate for Patriarch of Constantinople. Moreover, Jeremiah designed and built the monastery complex of the monastery, being affected by the architect Sebastiano Serlio from Verona, Italy.
The monastery of Agia Triada of Tzagarolon is one of the richest and most beautiful monasteries in Crete. It is built near the airport of Chania, in the position Tzobomylos of the Cape Melecha and at the foothills of Stavros Mount. The distance from Chania is only 15km.
The monastery was built by the Venetian nobles Jeremiah and Lawrence Tzagarolo. Jeremiah was a famous scholar of his era with rich education and was a friend of the Patriarch of Alexandria, Meletios Pigas. Jeremiah himself was a candidate for Patriarch of Constantinople. Moreover, Jeremiah designed and built the monastery complex of the monastery, being affected by the architect Sebastiano Serlio from Verona, Italy.
The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos was founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081u20131118). The monastery lies at an altitude of 1318 meters on the north west face of Trou00f6dos Mountains. There are no remains of the original monastery as it was burned down many times.
Ling Yin monastery
West Lake Hangzhou
Zhejiang Province, China
The west lake is famous for its beautiful scenery
Inside the Bargayar teak monastery. While I set my camera on a ledge to get a photo the children to the left seemed occupied with books and the children to the right recited some sort of script to the monk head-master. It kind of felt like a monastery kindergarten.
Blackfriars Monastery in front of Madras College, St Andrews.Believed to have been founded around 1270's. Madras College was built at the request of its founder Dr. Bell to blend in with the Monastery.
The Cistercian monastery of Vyšší Brod is located about 30 km to the south of Český Krumlov, on the right bank of the Vltava river. The monastery church with its adjacent buildings was constructed step-by-step from the mid 13th century and it was finished in the later half of the 14th century. The oldest part is the one floor sacristy dated about 1270.
A Benedictine monastery in Břevnov, Prague. It was founded by Prince Boleslav II and Saint Adalbert, bishop of Prague in 993 AD. The monastery has the oldest tradition of brewing beer in Czech Republic.
The buildings standing today, including St Margaret's church, the conventual buildings and prelate's house, date from the 18th century and have been built in the Baroque style.
Church built 1700-1715,
Prague 1996
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Unique antique table from Austria near the border of Northern Italy. The table was being used in a monastery as a desk. It has unique corners and the top slides open for storage. Very beautiful.
For more details, visit: roundtripimports.net/austrian-antique-table
part of the former cistercian monastery Altzelle near Nossen. The monastery was founded in 1162 and it was closed in 1540.