Site type guide
Monastery
Monasteries are sacred places of discipline, retreat, learning, hospitality, and pilgrimage, often set within landscapes chosen for solitude or spiritual power.
351 monastery sacred sites. Use the country and tradition filters to narrow in.
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Monastery sacred sites overview
Monastery sacred sites span countries, traditions, pilgrimage routes, and sacred landscapes represented in the Pilgrim Map atlas.
Use this guide to compare major country clusters, represented traditions, UNESCO-tagged places, and the map distribution before opening individual site pages.
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Showing 49-96 of 351 sites in this site-type guide
Cheri Monastery/Chagri Monastery
Boegarna_Dodennang, Thimphu, Bhutan
Perched above the Thimphu Valley at 2,850 metres, Cheri Monastery is where Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal established the first Drukpa monastic order in Bhutan in 1620....
Chimi Lhakhang
Oomtekha, Punakha, Bhutan
Chimi Lhakhang sits on a round hillock amid rice paddies in the Punakha Valley, reached by a twenty-minute walk through fields....
Chitakhevi Saint George Monastery (Green Monastery)
Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia
Chitakhevi Saint George Monastery (Green Monastery) is a documented monastery in Borjomi, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Choedrak Monastery
Gyaltsa, Bumthang, Bhutan
At 3,800 metres on one of Guru Rinpoche's four sacred meditation cliffs in Bumthang, Choedrak Monastery clings to rock face above deep forest....
Choeje Dra Monastery
Gyaltsa, Bumthang, Bhutan
Choeje Dra Monastery — also romanized as Choedrak or Choje Drak — stands against one of Guru Rinpoche's four sacred meditation cliffs in Bumthang....
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery
Chrisoskalitissa, Crete, Greece
Chrysoskalitissa Monastery stands on a rock promontory thirty-five meters above the southwestern coast of Crete, overlooking the Libyan Sea toward Africa....
Chuang Yen Monastery
Kent, New York, United States
Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, New York, belongs within Buddhism. At Chuang Yen Monastery, sacred life continues through meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery, chanting at...
Church and Monastery of Saint Francis, Zadar
Zadar, Zadar, Zadar County, Croatia
Church and Monastery of Saint Francis, Zadar is a documented monastery in Zadar, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Ukiah, California, United States
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California, belongs within Buddhism. At City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, sacred life continues through meditation at City of Ten...
Clairvaux Abbey
Ville-sous-la-Ferté, Grand Est, France
Clairvaux Abbey was founded in 1115 and became inseparable from Bernard of Clairvaux's Cistercian reform....
Cleeve Abbey
Washford, England, United Kingdom
Cleeve Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Cleeve Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Clonfert Cathedral
County Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Clonfert Cathedral belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Clonfert Cathedral comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Cong Abbey
Cong, Mayo, Ireland
Cong Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Cong Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Convent of Christ
Tomar, Santarém, Portugal
Founded in 1160 by the Knights Templar and later inherited whole by the Portuguese Order of Christ, this hilltop complex in Tomar grew across five centuries of Romanesque,...
Convent of Saint Francis, Santarém
Santarém, Santarém, Portugal
Founded in 1242 by King Sancho II for the newly arrived Franciscan order, the Convento de São Francisco grew from a mendicant ideal of austerity into a royal pantheon...
Convent of San Antón, Castrojeriz
Castrojeriz, Burgos, Spain
Roofless and half-collapsed since the eighteenth century, the Convent of San Antón stands directly astride the Camino Francés outside Castrojeriz, its Gothic arch spanning...
Convent of Santo Agostinho
Leiria, Leiria, Portugal
On the banks of the Lis River in Leiria, a late-sixteenth-century Augustinian convent gave the city one of its most enduring religious complexes....
Cozia Monastery, Romania
Calimanesti, Vâlcea, Romania
Cozia Monastery occupies a dramatic position on the bank of the Olt River in the Valcea region of southern Romania....
Crna Reka Monastery
Ribariće, Ribariće / Tutin, Raška District, Serbia
Crna Reka Monastery is a documented monastery in Ribariće, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Curtea De Arges Monastery, Romania
Curtea de Argeș, Argeș, Romania
Curtea de Arges Monastery stands at the heart of a small Wallachian town, its twisted columns and intricate stonework producing an architecture found nowhere else in...
Dajbabe Monastery
Dajbabe, Dajbabe, Podgorica Capital City, Montenegro
Dajbabe Monastery is a documented monastery in Dajbabe, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Deghdznuti Monastery
Kirants area, Tavush, Armenia
Deghdznuti Monastery is a documented monastery in Kirants area, Tavush, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Devenish Island
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Devenish Island is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Northern Ireland. Devenish Island is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Dionysiou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Access is restricted: Mount Athos requires a diamonitirion, and the avaton bars women from entry....
Dobrićevo Monastery
Orah, Orah, Bileća Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dobrićevo Monastery is a documented monastery in Orah, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Dobrilovina Monastery
Dobrilovina, Dobrilovina, Mojkovac / Žabljak region, Montenegro
Dobrilovina Monastery is a documented monastery in Dobrilovina, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Docheiariou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Docheiariou Monastery is treated here as the exact whole-site entity in Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece, not as a route label or nearby...
Dovolja Monastery
Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro
Dovolja Monastery is a documented monastery in Premćani (Dovolja hamlet), Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Dragalevtsi Monastery
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Dragalevtsi Monastery is a documented monastery in Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Dryanovo Monastery
Dryanovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria
Dryanovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Dryanovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dryburgh Abbey stands in Scotland as a major monastic site. At Dryburgh Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Dubočica Monastery
Otilovići, Otilovići, Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro
Dubočica Monastery is a documented monastery in Otilovići, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
Dunfermline Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Scotland. Dunfermline Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery
Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar, Raška District, Serbia
Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery is a documented monastery in Novi Pazar, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln, Schwyz, Switzerland
Rising above a Swiss Alpine valley, Einsiedeln Abbey has welcomed pilgrims for over a millennium....
Ennis Friary
Ennis, Clare, Ireland
Ennis Friary stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Ennis Friary, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
Rising from the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital on the endless Mongolian steppe, Erdene Zuu Monastery marks the place where an empire of conquest transformed into a...
Esphigmenou Monastery
Mount Athos, monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece
Esphigmenou is an Eastern Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Ascension of Christ at the northern end of Mount Athos....
Etropole Monastery
Etropole, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Etropole Monastery is a documented monastery in Etropole, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Ex-Convento de San Miguel Arcángel, Maní
Maní, Yucatán, Mexico
The Ex-Convento de San Miguel Arcángel in Maní, Yucatán, is a functioning Franciscan-founded parish church and also the site of the 1562 auto de fe, when Bishop Diego de...
Fenek Monastery
Jakovo, Jakovo / Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
Fenek Monastery is a documented monastery in Jakovo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Filotheou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
The record concerns a living Athonite monastery within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Finchale Priory
Framwellgate Moor, England, United Kingdom
Finchale Priory stands in England as a major monastic site. At Finchale Priory, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Fore Abbey
Fore, Westmeath, Ireland
Fore Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Fore Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Former Cistercian Monastery at Kostanjevica na Krki
Kostanjevica na Krki, Kostanjevica na Krki, Krško Municipality / Southeast Slovenia, Slovenia
Former Cistercian Monastery at Kostanjevica na Krki is a documented monastery in Kostanjevica na Krki, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Fountains Abbey
Ripon, England, United Kingdom
Fountains Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Fountains Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Franciscan Monastery and Church of Our Lady of the Angels, Orebić
Orebić, Orebić, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
Franciscan Monastery and Church of Our Lady of the Angels, Orebić is a documented monastery in Orebić, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Ganden Monastery
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ganden Monastery, founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409 on a mountain ridge east of Lhasa, is the mother monastery of the Gelug school — the largest institution in Tibetan...
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Key questions
Monastery sacred-site questions
- What monastery sacred sites are included?
- Monastery sacred sites are places where this site type carries religious, ritual, cultural, or pilgrimage significance. This guide lists 351 in the current Pilgrim Map atlas.
- Where are these monastery sites located?
- Major country clusters include Armenia, Greece, Serbia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Thailand.
- Which traditions are represented?
- Traditions represented here include Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Christianity, Christian monastic tradition, Armenian Apostolic Christianity, Buddhism, Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity.
- Can I view monastery sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Compare the country and tradition clusters, switch to map view for geography, then use site pages for practical context and related places.