Serbia
Manasija Monastery: the eleven-towered fortress a despot built as his own mausoleum
Il monastero di Manasija fu fondato dal despota Stefan Lazarević tra il 1406 e il 1418, che lo…
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Palestine
Mar Saba Monastery: the cliffside laura where women still may not enter, 1,500 years after its founding
Aggrappato alle pareti rocciose della Valle del Cedron, nel deserto della Giudea, il monastero greco-ortodosso di Mar Saba…
Spain
Monasterio de Piedra (1194): Where Europe Prepared and Drank the First Cup of Chocolate in History
Nel 1534, il conquistador Hernán Cortés consegnò alcuni semi di cacao a fra Jerónimo de Aguilar, che li…
Greece
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas (around 1510): Forced to Grow Upwards on a Rock Too Narrow, It Holds the First Signed Work of the Painter Theophanes the Cretan
La superficie del pinnacolo su cui sorge questo monastero è così ridotta che i suoi costruttori non poterono…
Greece
Monastery of Agios Stefanos (around 1400): the Only One at Meteora That Needs No Climbing, and for That Reason Bombed by the Nazis and Desecrated by Communist Rebels
A differenza di tutti gli altri monasteri di Meteora, Agios Stefanos non sorge su un pinnacolo isolato ma…
Portugal
Monastery of São Miguel de Refojos, Cabeceiras de Basto — the Benedictine Church with a Dome
Benedictine monastery documented from 1122, rebuilt from 1755 with a domed Baroque church attributed to André Soares; Property…
Greece
Monastery of St John the Theologian: above the cave where tradition says the Book of Revelation was written
La piccola isola di Patmos, nel Dodecaneso, è ritenuta il luogo dove l'apostolo Giovanni scrisse, intorno al 95…
Montenegro
Ostrog Monastery (17th c.): carved into a sheer cliff, an incorrupt body, and a vine growing from bare rock
San Basilio di Ostrog scavò le prime celle del monastero direttamente in tre grotte naturali di una parete…
United Kingdom
Paignton Monastery — the Marist Fathers’ Chapel of 1883 on the Hill above the Town
Former house of the Marist Fathers above Paignton, with the Gothic chapel opened in 1883 and its statue…
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