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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
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.
Phuktal Monastery or Phuktal Gompa (often transliterated as Phugtal) is a Buddhist monastery located in the remote Lungnak Valley in south-eastern Zanskar, in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in Northern India. It is one of the only Buddhist monasteries in Ladakh that can still be reached only by foot. Supplies to the monastery are brought on horses, donkeys, and mules in the warmer months, and in the frozen winters, they are transported through the frozen Zanskar River. A road is expected to be built up to the monastery, however, for now, it is a day's walk from Village Cha or Village Khangsaar, the end of the road leading from Padum.
The Hieronymites Monastery (Mosteiro dos JerĆ³nimos) is located in the BelĆ©m district of Lisbon, Portugal. This magnificent monastery can be considered one of the most prominent monuments in Lisbon and is certainly one of the most successful achievements of the Manueline style (Portuguese late-Gothic). In 1983, it was classified by the UNESCO, with nearby BelĆ©m Tower, as a World Heritage Site.
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.
Very rare wooden ceiling in the church of Monastery Wittichen / Schenkenzell. Established in 1324 by Luitgard of Wittichen in a remote valley of the black forest - now county Rottweil. Supported by the Earls of Geroldseck and queen Agnes of Hungary
Egypt: Red Monastery/Deir al-Ahmar
View of a Coptic monastery. In yet another example of spelling oddities in Egypt, the sign over the gate reads "Red Monistery"
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery (Bulgarian: Š ŠøŠ»ŃŠŗŠø Š¼Š°Š½Š°ŃŃŠøŃ, Rilski manastir) is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River ("Rila River") at an elevation of 1,147 m (3,763 ft) above sea level, inside of Rila Monastery Nature Park. The monastery is named after its founder, the hermit Ivan of Rila (876 - 946 AD), and houses around 60 monks.
The monastery was founded around 330 AD by the Byzantine Empress, Helena and included a chapel at the alledged site of the Burning Bush.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: įÆįį įį” įįįįį”į¢įį į) is an Orthodox monastery near the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.
By the 14th century, the monastery had become the center of the Georgian community in Jerusalem. By 1685, however, the monastery had been taken over by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate