Monastery

Poblet Monastery

Vimbodí i Poblet, Tarragona, Spain

Poblet is one of the largest inhabited monasteries in Europe: a single walled complex fusing abbey, fortress, and royal residence, founded in 1151 as a Cistercian daughter...

Poganovo Monastery

Poganovo, Poganovo / Dimitrovgrad, Pirot District, Serbia

Poganovo Monastery is a documented monastery in Poganovo, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Poka St Nino Monastery

Poka, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Poka St Nino Monastery is a documented monastery in Poka, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Praskvica Monastery

Pržno, Pržno / Miločer, Budva Municipality, Montenegro

Praskvica Monastery is a documented monastery in Pržno, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Prohor Pčinjski Monastery

Klenike, Klenike / Bujanovac, Pčinja District, Serbia

Prohor Pčinjski Monastery is a documented monastery in Klenike, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Rakovica Monastery

Rakovica, Rakovica, City of Belgrade, Serbia

Rakovica Monastery is a documented monastery in Rakovica, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Ravanica Monastery

Senje, Senje / Ćuprija, Pomoravlje District, Serbia

Ravanica Monastery is a documented monastery in Senje, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Reževići Monastery

Katun Reževići, Katun Reževići, Budva Municipality, Montenegro

Reževići Monastery is a documented monastery in Katun Reževići, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx, England, United Kingdom

Rievaulx Abbey stands in England as a major monastic site. At Rievaulx Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....

Rkoni Monastery

Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Rkoni Monastery is a documented monastery in Kaspi, Shida Kartli, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Rosserk Friary

County Mayo, Mayo, Ireland

Rosserk Friary belongs among the significant monastic places of Republic of Ireland. The sacred frame at Rosserk Friary comes from Christian monastic tradition....

Rousanou Monastery, Meteora

Kastraki, Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece

Rousanou is an active Orthodox nunnery occupying nearly the full top of a narrow Meteora rock....

Roussanou Monastery

Part of Meteora

Kalabaka, Thessaly, Greece

Roussanou Monastery fills a narrow summit at Meteora, making the monastic choice of separation visible in stone, stairs, and height....

Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe

Guadalupe, Cáceres, Spain

Founded around the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the royal monastery became one of the most influential Marian centres in the Iberian world....

Royal Monastery of Yuste

Cuacos de Yuste, Cáceres, Spain

The Royal Monastery of Yuste rises from the Sierra de Gredos foothills as a working Hieronymite foundation and, since the sixteenth century, as the place where Charles V —...

Rozhen Monastery

Rozhen, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria

Rozhen Monastery is a documented monastery in Rozhen, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Sacro Speco di San Benedetto

Subiaco, Rome, Italy

Around 500 AD, a young man named Benedict withdrew to a cave on Mount Taleo above the Aniene Valley, seeking solitude from the corruption of Rome....

Sacromonte Abbey

Granada, Granada, Spain

Sacromonte Abbey sits above Granada on the hillside renamed 'Sacred Mountain' after 1595, when caves beneath it yielded human remains and inscribed lead plates devotional...

Saghmosavank Monastery

Saghmosavan, Aragatsotn, Armenia

Saghmosavank Monastery is a documented monastery in Saghmosavan, Aragatsotn, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mt. Sinai

Saint Catherine, South Sinai, Egypt

Saint Catherine's Monastery has stood at the foot of Mount Sinai for nearly fifteen centuries, making it the world's oldest continuously operating Christian monastery....

Saint Meinrad Archabbey

St. Meinrad, Indiana, United States

Saint Meinrad Archabbey in St. At Saint Meinrad Archabbey, meinrad, Indiana, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....

Saint Nicholas Anapausas Monastery, Meteora

Kastraki, Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece

Saint Nicholas Anapausas rises on a narrow rock above the Kastraki approach to Meteora....

Saint Nicholas Monastery, Kuršumlija

Kuršumlija, Kuršumlija, Toplica District, Serbia

Saint Nicholas Monastery, Kuršumlija is a documented monastery in Kuršumlija, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Saint Stephen Monastery, Meteora

Kalambaka, Thessaly, Greece

Saint Stephen Monastery is a living Orthodox nunnery on Meteora's southern edge, reached by a bridge rather than a long stair ascent....

Saint-Sophia Cathedral, Kiev

Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

Built in the 11th century as the mother church of Kyivan Rus', Saint-Sophia Cathedral stands as one of the oldest surviving Christian monuments in Eastern Europe....

Sajasan Beopheungsa

Yeongwol, Yeongwol, Gangwon-do, South Korea

Sajasan Beopheungsa is a living Korean Buddhist temple with historic monastery remains in Yeongwol, South Korea....

Sanahin Monastery

Alaverdi, Lori, Armenia

Sanahin Monastery is a documented monastery in Alaverdi, Lori, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....

Sanctuary in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Rising above the Beskid foothills southwest of Krakow, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska recreates Jerusalem's sacred geography across 380 hectares of forested hills....

Sanctuary of Montevergine

Mercogliano, Avellino, Italy

Rising 1,270 meters above the Campanian plains, the Sanctuary of Montevergine has drawn pilgrims for nine centuries to venerate Mamma Schiavona, the dark-skinned Madonna...

Sant Pere de Rodes Monastery

El Port de la Selva, Girona, Spain

High on the Serra de Rodes above Catalonia's Cap de Creus, Sant Pere de Rodes stands as a roofless Benedictine ruin over Mediterranean cliffs....

Santes Creus Monastery

Aiguamúrcia, Tarragona, Spain

Founded in the mid-twelfth century as one of Catalonia's three great Cistercian houses, Santes Creus held the royal pantheon of the Crown of Aragon before its monks were...

Sapara Monastery

Akhaltsikhe, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia

Sapara Monastery is a documented monastery in Akhaltsikhe, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Sase Monastery

Srebrenica, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sase Monastery sits in the hills between Srebrenica and Bratunac, a Serbian Orthodox house dedicated to the Holy Trinity....

Savina Monastery

Herceg Novi, Herceg Novi, Herceg Novi Municipality, Montenegro

Savina Monastery is a documented monastery in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Shasta Abbey

Mount Shasta, California, United States

Shasta Abbey in Mount Shasta, California, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....

Shemokmedi Monastery

Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia

Shemokmedi Monastery is a documented monastery in Ozurgeti, Guria, Georgia, connected with Georgian Orthodox Christianity....

Simonos Petras 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....

Šišatovac Monastery

Šišatovac, Šišatovac, Srem District, Serbia

Šišatovac Monastery is a documented monastery in Šišatovac, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Sisojevac Monastery

Sisevac, Sisevac, Pomoravlje District, Serbia

Sisojevac Monastery is a documented monastery in Sisevac, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Sligo Abbey

Sligo, Sligo, Ireland

Sligo Abbey stands in Republic of Ireland as a major monastic site. At Sligo Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....

Sokolski Monastery

Etar / Gabrovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria

Sokolski Monastery is a documented monastery in Etar / Gabrovo, Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria, connected with Bulgarian Orthodox Christianity....

Sopoćani Monastery

Sopoćani, Sopoćani / Novi Pazar, Raška District, Serbia

Sopoćani Monastery is a documented monastery in Sopoćani, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Spitakavor Monastery

Vernashen, Vayots Dzor, Armenia

Spitakavor Monastery is a documented monastery in Vernashen, Vayots Dzor, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....

Sretenje Monastery

Ovčar Banja, Ovčar Banja / Čačak, Moravica District, Serbia

Sretenje Monastery is a documented monastery in Ovčar Banja, Serbia, held within Eastern Orthodox Christianity....

Sri Venkateswara Temple

Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, United States

Sri Venkateswara Temple in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, belongs within Hinduism. At Sri Venkateswara Temple, sacred life continues through darshan at Sri Venkateswara Temple,...

Srvegh Monastery

Aygehovit, Tavush, Armenia

Srvegh Monastery is a documented monastery in Aygehovit, Tavush, Armenia, connected with Armenian Apostolic Christianity....

St Dogmaels Abbey

Saint Dogmaels, Wales, United Kingdom

St Dogmaels Abbey stands in Wales as a major monastic site. At St Dogmaels Abbey, Christian monastic tradition provides the public sacred context....

Stavronikita Monastery

Mount Athos, monastic community of Mount Athos, Greece

Stavronikita is an Eastern Orthodox monastery dedicated to Saint Nicholas on the eastern coast of Mount Athos....