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Photos taken from a visit to the Benedictine Monastery on Montserrat, just outside of Barcelona, Spain.
The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი) 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.
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.
Here are some ceremonial silk scarves (Ka bTags) inside a special room inside the cave of the 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.
monastery complex of the order of Dominicans and later by the Jesuits and later of the Franciscans in Sittard.
The Minorite monastery with the Church of Corpus Christi and Annunciation of the Virgin was founded in 1350 by the Rožmberks in Český Krumlov.
Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Zhongdian County (Shangri-La).
Me helping hoof up dirt on the construction site. It was heavy and everyone laughed at me, possibly because it was mostly women and small children carrying the dirt to the adult monks at the top.
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.
Das Monastery Mount G - eines der bekanntesten Lost Places in Belgien! Ein schönes Kloster mit einer riesigen Kathedrale - einfach wunderschön!
Mehr Infos: www.lost-place.org/objekte/monastery-mont-g-das-verlassen...
Sera Monastery, Tibet
Located near Lhasa.
Founded 1419. Famous for debating monks. Families are visiting Sera to get blessing for their children. Child gets blessing black mark on the nose.
The Chozoviotissa Monastery which is literally built in to the side of a cliff 300m above sea level. It's actually 8 storeys high though the rooms inside are pretty small.
Kee monastery proposes in summer a festival with dances performed by the masked monks…
The Kee Rimpoche is the 19 reincarnation of a great Buddhist,
Le monastère de Kee propos en un festival avec des danses réalisées par des moines masqués
Le Rimpoche de Kee est la 19 ème réincarnation d’un grand Lama
The Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, better known as the Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 73 mi south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River at an elevation of 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 today houses around 60 monks.
Founded in the 10th century, the Rila Monastery is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical and architectural monuments and is a key tourist attraction for both Bulgaria and Southern Europe, attracting close to a million visitors per year. The monastery is depicted on the reverse of the 1 lev banknote, issued in 1999.