Egypt
The Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner: the cave church built on the legend of a mountain that moved
Sulla montagna di Mokattam, sopra il quartiere del Cairo dove vivono gli zabbalín (i raccoglitori di rifiuti copti),…
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Egypt
The Red Monastery: the church whose spectacular painted interior lay hidden under soot for over a thousand years
Vicino a Sohag, nell'Alto Egitto, il Monastero Rosso (Deir al-Ahmar) prende il nome dai mattoni cotti rossi con…
Egypt
The White Monastery: the fortress-church built from recycled pharaonic temple stone, once home to over 4,000 monks and nuns
Vicino a Sohag, nell'Alto Egitto, il Monastero Bianco (Deir al-Abyad) fu fondato nel 442 d.C.
Bulgaria
Troyan Monastery (1600): where revolutionary Vasil Levski hid, and a three-handed icon protects Bulgaria
Attorno al 1600, alcuni eremiti provenienti dal Monte Athos fondarono questo monastero portando con sé una copia dell'icona…
Ethiopia
Ura Kidane Mehret: the vivid frescoed monastery on Lake Tana that, unlike its neighbors, welcomes women
Il convento di Ura Kidane Mehret, sulla penisola di Zege nel Lago Tana, fu fondato nel XIV secolo…
Spain
Vallbona de les Monges (1153): the only one of Catalonia’s three Cistercian sister abbeys never abandoned by its nuns
Nato da un gruppo di eremiti riuniti dal fondatore Ramon de Vallbona secondo la regola benedettina, nel 1175…
Greece
Vatopedi (972-985): its name comes from a shipwrecked prince found sleeping under a thorn bush
Secondo la leggenda, il figlio dell'imperatore Teodosio, Arcadio, naufragò durante una tempesta al largo della costa dove oggi…
Croatia
Visovac Monastery (1445): Franciscans fleeing Ottoman Bosnia built a library that today holds Aesop
Nel Trecento, eremiti agostiniani costruirono una piccola chiesa su un isolotto in mezzo al fiume Krka.
Thailand
Wat Suthat Thepwararam, Bangkok — the hall of the eighty disciples
Begun by Rama I in 1807 and finished under Rama III: the largest wihan in Bangkok, an eight-metre…
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