Cloisters of Europe: Gardens of Prayer


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Cistercian Europe: Architecture of Contemplation

Below is an index of Christian monasteries around the world, ranging from old abbey ruins to working monasteries and including all religious orders from the Franciscans and Cistercians to the Templars.

Monastery Index Austria Abbey of St. Florian, Linz Melk Abbey Maria Loreto Convent, Salzburg Nonnberg Convent, Salzburg Stiftkirche St. Peter, Salzburg Belgium Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels Anderlect Beguinage, Brussels British Isles Anglesey Abbey, England Bath Abbey, England Buildwas Abbey, England Byland Abbey, England Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland Fountains Abbey, England Hailes Abbey, England Melrose Abbey, Scotland Peterborough Cathedral, England Rievaulx Abbey, England Skellig Michael Monastery, Ireland St. Michael's Mount, England Tintern Abbey, Wales Westminster Abbey, England Woburn Abbey, England Whiby Abbey, England Croatia Dubrovnik - Dominican Monastery Dubrovnik - Franciscan Monastery Lopud Island - Franciscan Monastery Egypt St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai France Abbaye aux Dames, Caen Abbaye aux Hommes, Caen Abbey L'Escaladieu, Haute-Pyrenées Abbey of Alet-les-Bains, Haute-Pyrenées Abbey of Cîteaux, Burgundy Abbey of Cluny, Burgundy Abbey of Fontenay, Burgundy Abbey of Fontfroide, Languedoc Abbey of Saint-Hilaire, Haute-Pyrenées Abbey of Saint Martin d'Ainay, Rhône-Alpes Abbey of Sénanque, Provence Chartreuse du Val de Bénédiction, Provence Mont St-Michel, Normandy Germany Bebenhausen Monastery, Tübingen Externsteine Greece Great Meteoron Monastery, Meteora Holy Trinity Monastery, Meteora Monastery of St. John the Divine, Patmos Meteora Monasteries Mount Athos Monasteries Roussanou Monastery, Meteora St. Stephen Monastery, Meteora Varlaam Monastery, Meteora Ireland Clonmacnoise Glendalough Mellifont Abbey Monasterboice Riasc (Reask) Monastic Settlement Skellig Michael Monastery Israel & West Bank Franciscan Church of St. Catherine, Bethlehem Shepherds' Fields, Bethlehem Monastery of the Cross, Jerusalem Italy Monte Cassino Monastery, Monte Cassino Portugal Mosteiro de Santa Maria, Alcobaca Mosteiro de Santa Maria da Vitoria, Batalha Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Lisbon Convento do Carmo, Lisbon Convento de Cristo, Tomar Russia Alexander Nevsky Monastery, St. Petersburg Andronik Monastery, Moscow Danilov Monastery, Moscow New Jerusalem Monastery, near Moscow Novodevichy (New Maiden's) Convent, Moscow Novospassky Monastery, Moscow Spain Convent of St. Teresa, Avila Monasterio de la Encarnacion, Madrid Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid Montserrat Shrine, Montserrat Switzerland Abbaye de Bonmont, Vaud Canton Convent of St. John, Müstair Convent of St. Gall, St. Gallen Syria Mar Mousa Monastery Monastery of St Simeon, Qal'a Sim'an Mar Takla and Mar Sarkis Monasteries, Maalula Convent of Our Lady, Seidnaya

Monastery Photos Convento Carmo, Portugal 16 photos Convento Cristo, Portugal 91 photos Einsiedeln Monastery, Switz. 55 photos Fountains Abbey, England 101 photos Jeronimos Monastery, Port. 88 photos Rievaulx Abbey, England 96 photos Valmagne Abbey, France 18 photos Whitby Abbey, England 44 photos

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