Monastery

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Photo about Cloister of the old monastery. Image of ages, construction, belief - 3194175

Learn more about the fascinating and ancient Tatev Monastery in Armenia and learn how to get there from the capital of Armenia, Yerevan.

cloister, quadrilateral enclosure surrounded by covered walkways, and usually attached to a monastic or cathedral church and sometimes to a college. The term used in a narrow sense also applies to the walkways or alleys themselves (the central area being the cloister garth), in a general sense to the houses of religious orders, and in a generic sense to places of retreat for religious purposes. A cloister is usually the area in a monastery around which the principal buildings are ranged…

In Armenia, there are sites and places interesting to visit for travelers with different interest - people who like hiking can go to Dilijan or Khosrov forest, travelers who are into eco-tourism would like Kapan, winter sports lovers may wish to visit Tsaghkadzor, nature lovers will definitely fall in love with Yenokavan, people interested in culture can visit Megerian carpets or Teryan and Narekatsi cultural centers and so on. However, in recent years, Armenia become an increasingly popular…

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Pictures of art and architecture of beautiful and/or interesting sanctuaries: Churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, shrines, cathedrals,...

Ostrog Monastery is built into a vertical cliff face 900 metres above the Zeta Valley. It was one of my highlights of visiting Montenegro.

A mountain monastery

Finding The Monastery Up In The Mountains In Petra, Jordan