Church of Blaubeuren Monastry reflecting in Blautopf Spring, Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Church of Blaubeuren Monastry reflecting in Blautopf Spring, Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Church of Blaubeuren Monastry reflecting in Blautopf Spring, Blaubeuren, Swabian Alb, Baden Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

Cyclist and sunflowers crop, Sorlada village and San Gregorio monastry. Tierra Estella. Navarre, Spain, Europe

Sunflowers crop. Sorlada village and de San Gregorio monastry. Tierra Estella. Navarre, Spain, Europe

Sunflowers crop. Sorlada village and de San Gregorio monastry. Tierra Estella. Navarre, Spain, Europe

Monasterio de San Miguel de Escalada, Romanesque, Mozarabic monastry from the 10th century, near Leon, Camino Frances, Way of St James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Leon, Old Castile, Castile-Leon, Castilla y Leon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

Santuari de Cura, monastry, Puig de Randa, mountain with monastries, near Llucmayor, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

Monastry de San Juan de la Pena, rock formation, Sierra de San Juan de la Pena, mountains, Pyrenees, pirineos, near Jaca, Camino Aragones, Camino Frances, Way of St. James, Camino de Santiago, pilgrims way, UNESCO World Heritage, European Cultural Route, province of Huesca, Aragon, Northern Spain, Spain, Europe

View of the old town of Passau with town hall, church of St. Michael and monastry Maria Hilf, River Danube and Inn, Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Ettal minster, Benedictine monastry, view at dome with fresco, painted by Johann Jakob Zeiller and Martin Knolle, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ettal minster, Benedictine monastry, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ettal minster in the sunlight, Benedictine monastry, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Frauenchiemsee minster, also called Frauenwoerth, Benedictine monastry, Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Church towers of Maria Hilf monastry, Passau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Monastery on Mount Popa, Bagan, Myanmar

Monks in white cowls carries red flags with cross are befog, knight festival Kaltenberger Ritterspiele, Kaltenberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, exterior wall paintings representing the biblical scene The Last Judgment, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, exterior wall paintings representing the biblical scene The Last Judgment, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, exterior wall paintings representing the biblical scene The Last Judgment, Third register, St Paul, the prophets and bishops, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, south facade with scenes from the lives of Sts Nicholas and John the New, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, south facade with scenes from the lives of Sts Nicholas and John the New, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, exterior wall paintings representing the biblical scene The Last Judgment, Third register showing the infidels, Jews, Turkish and Tartars, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Celtic crosses in the Kilfenora church, Burren, Clare, Ireland

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, south facade with scenes from the lives of Sts Nicholas and John the New, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Monks in white cowls carries red flags with cross are befog, knight festival Kaltenberger Ritterspiele, Kaltenberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Monks in white cowls carries red flags with cross are befog, knight festival Kaltenberger Ritterspiele, Kaltenberg, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Monastry of Saint Anthony, Izamal, Yucatan, Yukatan, Mexico

Stupa and Dechengalpa datsan Gandan Monastery Ulaan-Baatar Mongolia

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, south facade with scenes from the lives of Sts Nicholas and John the New, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania, Europe

Buddhist gompa with prayer flags. Tabo monastry, Tabo, Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India, Asia

Cameldolite Monastery, Wigry Lake, Masuria, Poland

Frescoes in the Holy Cross church in the monastery of Saeben, Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy

View of the Vlacherna Monastery from Kanoni, Corfu, Greece

Monastry of Saint Anthony, Izamal, Yucatan, Yucatan, Mexico

Trinity cathedral, convent, Murom, Russia

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy

The origin of the Pomposa Abbey dates back to the 6th-7th centuries as a Benedictine settlement on the Insula Pomposia, a wooded island surrounded by two branches of the river and protected by the sea. After the year 1000 it became a thriving monastic center. Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, Italy