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Take Boat to Monastery of Saint Naum, Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia
Located close to the Albanian border is the monastery built by St. Naum in 905. You can catch a boat to the monastery leaving in the morning from Ohrid port. Although the original monastery has burned down it was rebuilt in the 16thand 17thcenturies. Still it’s quite an impressive site to see and don’t be surprised if you see a few peacocks on the grounds.... -
Visit Monastery of Saint Thaddeus (Kara Kilise), Iran (UNESCO site)
The Monastery of Saint Thaddeus is an ancient Armenian monastery in the mountainous area of West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Also known as Kara Kilise (the "Black Church"), it is located about 20 kilometers from the town of Chaldiran. The monastery and its distinctive Armenian conical roofs are visible from long distances. According to the tradition of the Armenian Apo... -
See Monastery of San Andrés Apostol, Calpan, Mexico (UNESCO site)
Calpan was subdued by Cortés personally in 1522 and the Franciscans arrived here to build theSan Andrés Apostol monasterycomplex in 1548 under Juan de Alameda. The capillas posas were begun in 1555. The facade is Plateresque with Moorish influence. It is adorned with Isabelina volutes on the entrance arch with shells on top. There is one bell tower on th... -
See Monastery of San Francisco, Lima, Peru
Convento de San Francisco is the Spanish name for Saint Francis Monastery located in Lima, Peru at Ancash, south of Parque la Muralla and one block northeast from the Plaza Mayor. The church and convent are part of the Historic Centre of Lima, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991. Aside from a church and monastery it also contains a library and ca... -
See Monastery of San Guillermo Abad, Totolapan, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of San Guillermo Abadis located in Totolapan and built by the Augustinians in 1553. Its cloister is small even though its walls and buttresses are very heavy. The corner chapels in the atrium are still intact and there are a number of notable oil paintings and an old organ in the choir of the church. There is also an outstanding two-color frieze in one o... -
See Monastery of San Juan Baustista (Tlayacapán), Mexico (UNESCO site)
Towering over everything else in the town of Tlayacapan, is the former monastery of San Juan Baustista (John the Baptist). This monastery is part of the series of monasteries near the Popocatepetl volcano which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1994. Today only the church portion retains its original function and serves as the parish church for the municipality. T... -
See Monastery of San Juan Bautista, Yecapixtla, Mexico (UNESCO site)
Monastery of San Juan Bautista was a teocalli, or sacred precinct, dedicated to a god of commerce called Yacapitzauac. This teocalli was destroyed by the Spanish under Gonzalo de Sandoval when he captured and sacked the settlement in 1521. This teocalli and god were the center of the pre-Hispanic community. The Franciscans were the first to arrive in the 1520s to evan... -
See Monastery of San Juan Bautista (Tetela del Volcán), Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of San Juan Bautistain Tetela del Volcán was built by the Dominicans in the first half of the 16th century and was even visited by Hernán Cortés. It is at a high altitude near the volcano surrounded by pine forest in a relatively cold climate. The exterior has arcades that surround the complex but are partially hidden by trees. The u... -
Visit Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Spain
The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes (English: Monastery of Saint John of the Monarchs) is an Isabelline style Franciscan monastery in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, built by the Catholic Monarchs (1477–1504). This monastery was founded by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile to commemorate both the birth of their son, Prince John,... -
See Monastery of San Mateo Apostol, Atlatlahucan, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of San Mateo Apostol in Atlatlahuacan was built by the Augustinians around 1570 over the remains of a pre-Hispanic temple in the highest part of the town. The Stations of the Cross in the atrium are represented by small chapels on the exterior of the atrium wall. It has two roofed chapels in its atrium, one of which with a mural of the genealogical tree ... -
See Monastery of San Miguel Arcángel, Huejotzingo, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Franciscans founded the monastery of San Miguel Arcángelin 1525, in an area outside of the pre-Hispanic settlement of Huejotzingo. That settlement was located on higher ground, closer to the slopes of Iztaccíhuatl, in what is now known as San Juan Loma. Its early founding makes it one of the oldest monasteries in the Americas and one of the first fou... -
Visit Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra, Portugal
The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Clare) are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods. The well-preserved Gothic ruins of the monastery were excavated in the late 20th century, more than 300 ... -
See Monastery of Santiago Apostol, Ocuituco, Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of Santiago Apostolin Ocuituco dates from 1534 and is the first Augutinian monastery on the American mainland, with Fray Juan de Zumarraga celebrating its first mass in 1534. It not only served as an evangelization center, but as a training center for monks. The monastery has a vault in the lower floor of the cloister which used browns, whites and greens... -
See Monastery of Santo Domingo de Guzman (Hueyapan), Mexico (UNESCO site)
The monastery of Santo Domingo in Hueyapan has the highest altitude of the monasteries in the state of Morelos, with its climate cold compared to most of the rest of the state. It is one of the monasteries closest to the volcano. It was founded by the Dominicans but its cloister was built of adobe and wood with a tile roof instead of stone. It disintegrated relatively... -
See Monastery of Santo Domingo (Oaxtepec), Mexico (UNESCO site)
The Dominican monastery of Santo Domingoin Oaxtepec is located on a fairly steep hill over a pre-Hispanic ceremonial platform. For this reason, the atrium is not located in front of the church and is more elevated than the church. In the interior of the church, Gothic arches support the roof and the vault is decorated with floral motifs. There are two wood altarpieces...
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