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 193-240 of 351 sites in this site-type guide
Monastery of Pombeiro
Felgueiras, Porto, Portugal
A monastic presence at Pombeiro is documented from as early as 853, formalized through donation and royal charters in 1102 and 1112, and dissolved with Portugal's 1834...
Monastery of Saint Andrew, Matka
Matka Canyon, Matka Canyon, Skopje, North Macedonia
Monastery of Saint Andrew, Matka is a documented monastery in Matka Canyon, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
Wadi El Natrun, Beheira, Egypt
Founded around 360 AD by Saint Macarius the Great, this Wadi El Natrun monastery is one of Christianity's oldest continuously inhabited monastic sites, historically linked...
Monastery of Saint Naum
Ljubaništa, Ljubaništa, Ohrid Municipality, North Macedonia
Monastery of Saint Naum is a documented monastery in Ljubaništa, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Monastery of Saint Panteleimon, Gorno Nerezi
Gorno Nerezi, Gorno Nerezi, Skopje, North Macedonia
Monastery of Saint Panteleimon, Gorno Nerezi is a documented monastery in Gorno Nerezi, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Monastery of Saint Pishoy (St Bishoi)
Wadi El Natrun, Beheira, Egypt
The Monastery of Saint Pishoy is one of four surviving monasteries of ancient Scetis in Egypt's Wadi El Natrun, continuously inhabited by Coptic monastics since the late...
Monastery of Samos
Samos, Lugo, Spain
Set in a river valley ringed by mountains in Lugo province, the Monastery of Samos has hosted Benedictine monastic life, with interruptions, since the 6th or 7th century....
Monastery of San Antonio de Padua, Izamal
Izamal, Yucatán, Mexico
In the heart of Yucatán's Yellow City, Franciscan friars built one of Mexico's largest church atriums directly atop a leveled Maya temple platform, using its own carved...
Monastery of San Jerónimo, Granada
Granada, Granada, Spain
Founded by the Catholic Monarchs immediately after the 1492 fall of Granada, the Monastery of San Jerónimo was built as the city's first Christian monastic house and as...
Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
Santa Cruz de la Serós, Huesca, Spain
The Royal Monastery of San Juan de la Peña is built directly beneath an overhanging Pyrenean cliff near Jaca, Aragón....
Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
Built by Philip II after his 1557 victory at Saint-Quentin, El Escorial fuses a working monastery, a royal mausoleum, and one of Catholic Christendom's largest relic...
Monastery of Santa Cruz
Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
Founded in 1131 as the motherhouse of the Augustinian Canons Regular in Portugal, Santa Cruz holds the tombs of Afonso Henriques, Portugal's first king, and his son Sancho...
Monastery of Santa Maria das Júnias
Montalegre, Vila Real, Portugal
Deep in Peneda-Gerês National Park, a short walk from a 30-meter waterfall, the ruined church and cloister of Santa Maria das Júnias sit in a mountain valley the...
Monastery of Santa Maria de Aguiar
Castelo Rodrigo, Guarda, Portugal
On the Leonese-Portuguese border below the hilltop village of Castelo Rodrigo, Santa Maria de Aguiar was founded around 1170 as a Cistercian house shaping the agricultural...
Monastery of Santa María de la Valldigna
Simat de la Valldigna, Valencia, Spain
Tucked into a mountain-ringed valley of orange orchards south of Valencia, this thirteenth-century Cistercian monastery carries a rare double sacredness: it is dedicated...
Monastery of Santa María la Real de Nájera
Nájera, La Rioja, Spain
Beneath the church at Nájera, a rock-hewn cave is said to hold the spot where a king's falcon led him to a hidden image of the Virgin in 1044....
Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos
Santo Domingo de Silos, Burgos, Spain
A working Benedictine abbey in rural Castile, built around the tomb of an 11th-century reform abbot and a cloister ranked among the great works of Spanish Romanesque...
Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães
Braga, Braga, Portugal
For more than two and a half centuries, Tibães governed a network of Benedictine houses across Portugal and Brazil as their mother house — until the 1834 dissolution of...
Monastery of Serra do Pilar
Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal
Above the Douro, where Vila Nova de Gaia faces Porto across the water, a circular Renaissance church rises from a 16th-century Augustinian foundation....
Monastery of the Virgin Mary, Deir Dronka
Durunka, Asyut, Egypt
Deir Dronka is a Coptic Orthodox monastery built into a mountainside cave near Assiut, venerated in popular tradition as the southernmost point reached by the Holy Family...
Monastery of Valvanera
Anguiano, La Rioja, Spain
Deep in the forested Sierra de la Demanda, Valvanera holds the image of Our Lady of Valvanera, Patroness of La Rioja since 1965....
Morača Monastery
Manastir Morača, Manastir Morača, Kolašin Municipality, Montenegro
Morača Monastery is a documented monastery in Manastir Morača, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Mount Grace Priory
Northallerton, England, United Kingdom
Mount Grace Priory is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in England. Mount Grace Priory is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Mount Melleray Abbey
County Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Mount Melleray Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Mount Melleray Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Moyne Abbey
County Mayo, Mayo, Ireland
Moyne Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Republic of Ireland. Moyne Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
Muckross Abbey
County Kerry, Kerry, Ireland
Muckross Abbey belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Muckross Abbey comes from Christian monastic tradition....
Mughni Saint George Monastery
Mughni, Aragatsotn, Armenia
Mughni Saint George Monastery is a documented monastery in Mughni, Aragatsotn, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Naupara Monastery
Naupare, Naupare / Kruševac, Rasina District, Serbia
Naupara Monastery is a documented monastery in Naupare, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Neath Abbey
Neath, Wales, United Kingdom
Neath Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At Neath Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....
Neghuts Monastery
Arzakan, Kotayk, Armenia
Neghuts Monastery is a documented monastery in Arzakan, Kotayk, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Nikolje Monastery
Ovčar Banja, Ovčar Banja / Čačak, Moravica District, Serbia
Nikolje Monastery is a documented monastery in Ovčar Banja, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Noravank Monastery
Areni, Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Noravank Monastery is a documented monastery in Areni, Vayots Dzor, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....
Novo Hopovo Monastery
Irig, Irig, Srem District, Serbia
Novo Hopovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Irig, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Olimje Minorite Monastery
Olimje, Olimje, Podčetrtek Municipality / Savinja, Slovenia
Olimje Minorite Monastery is a documented monastery in Olimje, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Osenovlashki Monastery
Osenovlag, Sofia Province, Bulgaria
Osenovlashki Monastery is a documented monastery in Osenovlag, Sofia Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Osiou Grigoriou Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Google Places, Wikidata, the supplied encyclopedic record, and a rights-cleared exact-subject image converge on the same place....
Osogovo Monastery
Kriva Palanka, Kriva Palanka, Northeast Region, North Macedonia
Osogovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Ostrog Monastery
Ostrog, Ostrog, Danilovgrad Municipality, Montenegro
Ostrog Monastery is a documented monastery in Ostrog, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Ozren Monastery
Petrovo, Petrovo, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ozren Monastery is a documented monastery in Petrovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Pantokratoros Monastery
Mount Athos, Mount Athos, Chalkidiki, Central Macedonia, Greece
Its inclusion on Monastic Community of Mount Athos is supported by the reviewed route, religious, conservation context, and structured-site identity evidence records....
Papraća Monastery
Papraća, Papraća, Šekovići Municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Papraća Monastery is a documented monastery in Papraća, Bosnia and Herzegovina, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity
Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
Patriarchal Monastery of the Holy Trinity is a documented monastery in Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....
Phra Pathom Chedi
Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Phra Pathom Chedi is the enormous central stupa of Wat Phra Pathom Chedi Ratchaworamahawihan....
Pitareti Monastery
Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Pitareti Monastery is a documented monastery in Tetritskaro, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....
Piva Monastery
Goransko, Goransko / near Plužine, Plužine Municipality, Montenegro
Piva Monastery is a documented monastery in Goransko, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....
Plakovo Monastery
Plakovo, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
Plakovo Monastery of St Elijah the Prophet lies in the wooded hills south of Veliko Tarnovo, about two kilometres from Kapinovo Monastery....
Pleterje Charterhouse
Drča, Drča, Šentjernej Municipality / Southeast Slovenia, Slovenia
Pleterje Charterhouse is a documented monastery in Drča, Slovenia, held within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Pluscarden Abbey
Pluscarden, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pluscarden Abbey is a nationally or regionally important monastic place in Scotland. Pluscarden Abbey is interpreted here through Christian monastic tradition....
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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.