Ecuador
Church and Convent of San Francisco: South America’s largest colonial complex, begun within months of Quito’s founding
Nel cuore del centro storico di Quito, in Ecuador, la chiesa e il convento di San Francesco furono…
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Spain
Convent of San José, Caravaca de la Cruz — the twelfth house founded by Teresa of Ávila, reopening in 2026
The convent wall along Calle de las Monjas, photographed in 2017, before the restoration: the two Baroque doorways,…
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Austria
Nonnberg Abbey (712–715): the Oldest Convent in the German-Speaking Lands, Where Maria von Trapp Really Did Marry in 1927
Fondato tra il 712 e il 715 dal vescovo San Ruperto su una terrazza del monte della fortezza…
Estonia
Pirita Convent (1407–1577): the Largest Ecclesiastical Building of Medieval Estonia, Reduced to Ruins by Ivan the Terrible
Fondato nel 1407 da due monaci giunti dall'abbazia svedese di Vadstena, il convento brigidino di Pirita divenne il…
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