Ruins of the Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Church of Santa Maria do Carmo), Bairro Alto, Lisbon, Portugal.

Municipal Palace, former cloister of Our Lady of Solitude Convent, Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca State, Mexico

Church of Our Lady of Carmo, Igreja Nossa Senhora do Carmo, Baroque style convent, Guimaraes, Portugal, Europe

Altar and paintings, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Rosary Court, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Altar and paintings, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Main altar, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent and Church), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Chapter House, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Chapter House, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

St. John the Evangelist Altar, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Ceiling, Convento de Nossa Senhora da Conceicao (Our Lady of the Conception Convent), Regional Museum Dona Leonor, Beja, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Replica of the grotto at the Lady of the Lourdes shrine in the Convent of the Concepcionistas. Viveiro, Lugo, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Nuns praying before eating their meals, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns queuing for a meal, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

A young nun studying, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns queuing for a meal, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns praying before eating, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

A young nun at the Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Nuns eating their meals, Sakyadhita Thilashin Nunnery School, Sagaing, near Mandalay, Myanmar, (Burma)

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Religious decoration made of copper, greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Saint Rupert, sculpture by F. Koller, 2010, in front of the Stiftskirche Zu Unserer Lieben Frau convent church of Our Lady, Laufen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

St. Bonifatius, a former free-world ladies' convent with a collegiate church in Freckenhorst, Warendorf district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Grave of Geva, woman of the founder of the monastery, grave slab from the year 1200, St. Bonifatius, a former free-world ladies' monastery with a collegiate church in Freckenhorst, Warendorf district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Church of Our Lady or Panagia Evangelistria, Tinos town, Tinos island, Cyclades, Aegean Sea, Greece, Europe

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Greek orthodox convent of our Lady of Saidnaya, Sednaya, Syria

Onze Lieve Vrouwe Abdij, the Abbey of Our Lady, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands

Frauenwoerth Abbey, Fraueninsel, Lady's Island, Lake Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Frauenchiemsee Island, Frauenwoerth Monastery with farm buildings, Chiemsee, Fraueninsel, Ladies Island, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe