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Cîteaux Abbey

Cîteaux Abbey was founded in 1098 in Burgundy by Robert of Molesme as a reformed Benedictine community observing stricte...

France Medieval Active Cistercian

9.2 Excellent

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Melk Abbey

Melk Abbey is an active Benedictine monastery situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river in Lower Austria....

Austria Baroque Active Benedictine

9.2 Excellent

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St. Gallen Abbey

The Abbey of Saint Gall is a dissolved Benedictine abbey located in the city of St. Gallen, Switzerland. It originated f...

Baroque Switzerland Active Benedictine

9.2 Excellent

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Iona Abbey

Iona Abbey is located on the Isle of Iona, off the western coast of Scotland. The original monastery was founded by the...

Scotland Active Pilgrimage Benedictine

9.2 Excellent

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Montserrat Abbey

Montserrat Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the rugged Montserrat mountain in Catalonia, Spain. It serves as...

Spain Mountain Active Pilgrimage

9.2 Excellent

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Monte Cassino Abbey

Benedictine abbey in Lazio, Italy, founded by St. Benedict of Nursia around 529 CE atop Monte Cassino, considered the bi...

Baroque Italy Active Benedictine

9.2 Excellent

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Saint Catherine's Monastery

Saint Catherine's Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery located on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, at the f...

Active Egypt Sinai Whs

9.2 Excellent

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El Escorial Monastery

The El Escorial Monastery, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, is a massive royal complex located near Madr...

Spain Renaissance Royal Active

9.2 Excellent

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Grande Chartreuse

Grande Chartreuse is a Carthusian monastery founded in 1084 by Saint Bruno in the Chartreuse Mountains north of Grenoble...

France Active Alps Mother House

9.1 Excellent

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Admont Abbey

Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located in the town of Admont in Styria, Austria. Founded in 1074, the abbey has...

Austria Baroque Library Active

9.1 Excellent

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Alcobaça Abbey

The Alcobaça Monastery is a Cistercian Catholic monastery located in the town of Alcobaça, Portugal. It was founded in 1...

Gothic Active Portugal Cistercian

9.1 Excellent

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Studenica Monastery

The Studenica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in central Serbia, founded around 1190 by Stefan Nemanja, Grand...

Serbia Active Romanesque Byzantine Whs

9.1 Excellent

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Great Lavra

The Great Lavra is a Greek Orthodox monastery located on the southeastern tip of the Mount Athos peninsula in Greece. Fo...

Byzantine Active Mount Athos Eastern Orthodox

9.1 Excellent

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Sopoćani Monastery

Sopoćani Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox religious center located near the city of Novi Pazar in southwestern Serbia. It...

Serbia Medieval Active Unesco

9.1 Excellent

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Gračanica Monastery

Gračanica Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located near the city of Priština in Kosovo. Constructed in 1321 by...

Byzantine Active Unesco Orthodox

9.1 Excellent

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Peć Patriarchate

The Peć Patriarchate is a Serbian Orthodox monastery complex located near the city of Peć in Kosovo, consisting of four...

Medieval Active Orthodox Kosovo

9.1 Excellent

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Pannonhalma Abbey

Pannonhalma Archabbey is a Benedictine monastery situated on a hill overlooking the village of Pannonhalma in northweste...

Active Hungary Benedictine Whs

9.0 Excellent

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Dečani Monastery

Dečani Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located in the western part of Kosovo. Construction...

Active Kosovo Whs Eastern Orthodox

9.0 Excellent

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Mar Saba Monastery

Mar Saba is an Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery situated in the Kidron Valley of the Judean Desert, located in the W...

5TH Century Active Palestine Eastern Orthodox

9.0 Excellent

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Guadalupe Monastery

The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe is a prominent Hieronymite monastery located in the town of Guadalupe in...

Spain Medieval Active Extremadura

9.0 Excellent