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 145-192 of 351 sites in this site-type guide
Kauai's Hindu Monastery
Kapaʻa, Hawaii, United States
Kauai's Hindu Monastery in Kapaʻa, Hawaii, belongs within Hinduism. At Kauai's Hindu Monastery, sacred life continues through darshan at Kauai's Hindu Monastery, puja at...
Kecharis Monastery
Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk, Armenia
Kecharis Monastery is a documented monastery in Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Khor Virap
Ararat, Armenia
Khor Virap — 'deep dungeon' — marks the place where Gregory the Illuminator survived thirteen years of imprisonment in a pit before emerging to convert Armenia to...
Khorakert Monastery
Jiliza, Lori, Armenia
Khorakert Monastery is a documented monastery in Jiliza, Lori, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Kilmacduagh
County Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Kilmacduagh is a sprawling monastic settlement in south County Galway, founded around 610 AD by St Colman mac Duagh after seven years of hermitage in the Burren....
Kintsvisi Monastery
Kareli, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Kintsvisi Monastery is a documented monastery in Kareli, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Kirants Monastery
Kirants, Tavush, Armenia
Kirants Monastery is a documented monastery in Kirants, Tavush, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Kobayr Monastery
Kobayr, Lori, Armenia
Kobayr Monastery is a documented monastery in Kobayr, Lori, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Kom Monastery
Odrinska Gora, Odrinska Gora, Lake Skadar, Cetinje Municipality, Montenegro
Kom Monastery is a documented monastery in Odrinska Gora, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Konstamonitou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
The record concerns a living Athonite monastery within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Košljun Franciscan Monastery
Košljun Island, Košljun Island, Punat, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia
Košljun Franciscan Monastery is a documented monastery in Košljun Island, Croatia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Koutloumousiou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Koutloumousiou 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...
Kremikovtsi Monastery
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Kremikovtsi Monastery is a documented monastery in Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Krka Monastery
Near Kistanje, Near Kistanje, Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia
Krka Monastery is a documented monastery in Near Kistanje, Croatia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Krušedol Monastery
Krušedol Selo, Krušedol Selo / Irig, Srem District, Serbia
Krušedol Monastery is a documented monastery in Krušedol Selo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Kurje Monastery
Dawathang_Dorjibi_ Kashingtsawa, Bumthang, Bhutan
Kurje Lhakhang — the Temple of the Sacred Body Imprint — marks the cave where Guru Rinpoche meditated and subdued a local deity in 810 CE, leaving the impression of his...
Kvatakhevi Monastery
Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia
Kvatakhevi Monastery is a documented monastery in Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Kyichu Monastery
Satsam, Paro, Bhutan
Kyichu Lhakhang in the Paro Valley is one of two temples vying for the title of Bhutan's oldest, built in 659 CE by King Songtsen Gampo to pin the left foot of a supine...
Kylemore Abbey
County Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Kylemore Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Kylemore Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Lesnovo Monastery
Lesnovo, Lesnovo, Probištip Municipality, North Macedonia
Lesnovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Lesnovo, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Ling Jiou Mountain Monastery
Fulong, New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwan
On a coastal mountain in northeastern Taiwan, this monastery was founded in 1984 by the monk Hsin Tao as a place to renew Buddhist practice for a modern world....
Ljubostinja Monastery
Trstenik, Trstenik, Rasina District, Serbia
Ljubostinja Monastery is a documented monastery in Trstenik, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Llanthony Priory
Llanthony, Wales, United Kingdom
Llanthony Priory belongs among the significant monastic places of Wales. The sacred frame at Llanthony Priory comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Lmbatavank Monastery
Artik, Shirak, Armenia
Lmbatavank Monastery is a documented monastery in Artik, Shirak, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Lozen Monastery of Saint Saviour
Lozen / Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
Lozen Monastery of Saint Saviour is a documented monastery in Lozen / Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Makaravank Monastery
Achajur, Tavush, Armenia
Makaravank Monastery is a documented monastery in Achajur, Tavush, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Makenyats Monastery
Makenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia
Makenyats Monastery is a documented monastery in Makenis, Gegharkunik, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Makravank Monastery
Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk, Armenia
Makravank Monastery is a documented monastery in Tsaghkadzor, Kotayk, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Malibu Hindu Temple
Calabasas, California, United States
Malibu Hindu Temple in Calabasas, California, belongs within Hinduism. At Malibu Hindu Temple, sacred life continues through darshan at Malibu Hindu Temple, puja at Malibu...
Manasija Monastery
Despotovac, Despotovac, Pomoravlje District, Serbia
Manasija Monastery is a documented monastery in Despotovac, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Maria Radna Monastery and Church, Romania
Lipova, Arad, Romania
Maria Radna Basilica rises from a hilltop above the Mures River in western Romania, a monumental baroque church that serves as one of the most important Catholic...
Marko's Monastery
Markova Sušica, Markova Sušica, Studeničani Municipality, Skopje Region, North Macedonia
Marko's Monastery is a documented monastery in Markova Sušica, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Marmashen Monastery
Marmashen, Shirak, Armenia
Marmashen Monastery is a documented monastery in Marmashen, Shirak, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Matosavank Monastery
Dilijan, Tavush, Armenia
Matosavank Monastery is a documented monastery in Dilijan, Tavush, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Mellifont Abbey
Tullyallen Village, Louth, Ireland
Mellifont Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Mellifont Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Melrose Abbey
Melrose, Scotland, United Kingdom
Melrose Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Scotland. The sacred frame at Melrose Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Mileševa Monastery
Mileševo, Mileševo / Prijepolje, Zlatibor District, Serbia
Mileševa Monastery is a documented monastery in Mileševo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Monastero di Santa Scolastica
Subiaco, Rome, Italy
Founded by Saint Benedict around 520 AD as one of thirteen monasteries in the Aniene valley, Santa Scolastica is the only one that survived....
Monastery of Archangel Michael, Đurđevića Tara
Đurđevića Tara, Đurđevića Tara, Pljevlja Municipality, Montenegro
Monastery of Archangel Michael, Đurđevića Tara is a documented monastery in Đurđevića Tara, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Monastery of Arouca
Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal
Founded in the first half of the 10th century as a Benedictine community and drawn into the Cistercian order in the 1220s under Infanta D....
Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Abiquiu, New Mexico, United States
Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....
Monastery of La Rábida
Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain
A modest Gothic-Mudéjar friary on a solitary promontory above the Tinto and Odiel rivers, La Rábida has held a continuous Franciscan community since a 1412 papal charter....
Monastery of Leça do Balio
Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
Probably founded in the 10th century as a Benedictine community, Leça do Balio became the first Portuguese headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in the 12th century — a...
Monastery of Leyre
Yesa, Zaragoza, Spain
Beneath the Sierra de Leyre, a half-buried Romanesque crypt and a Benedictine church hold the remains of the kings who founded Navarre....
Monastery of Lorvão
Penacova, Coimbra, Portugal
Tradition places Lorvão's founding as far back as the 6th century, though historians find no documentation before the 9th....
Monastery of Odivelas
Odivelas, Lisbon, Portugal
Founded by royal charter in 1295, the Monastery of Odivelas held a strictly enclosed Cistercian nunnery for over five centuries, then a military-run girls' school until...
Monastery of Paço de Sousa
Penafiel, Porto, Portugal
Founded in the 10th century and first documented in 994, when it sheltered an abbot fleeing invasion, Paço de Sousa formally adopted the Rule of Saint Benedict around 1090....
Monastery of Piedra
Nuévalos, Zaragoza, Spain
Founded in 1194 when Cistercian monks from Poblet settled a former Moorish castle in the Aragonese hills, the Monastery of Piedra functioned as an austere monastic house...
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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.