Virgin and Child in Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Abbey di Monte Maria, near Burgusio, Reschen Pass, Western Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Catholic cross and statue of the Virgin Mary, Gottweig Benedictine abbey, Gottweig, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Sacristy in Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Nun in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Icon painting at Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Ruins of St. Mary's Benedictine Abbey, Museum Gardens, York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

World famous library in the Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hungary, Europe

Monastery and Benedictine abbey, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Mass in Notre Dame du Bec Benedictine Abbey, Le Bec Hellouin, Eure, Normandy, France, Europe

Gottweig Benedictine Abbey, near Krems, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Beach and Benedictine abbey of San Fruttuosa, headland of Portofino, Liguria, Italy, Europe

Monk in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Mass in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Abbey di Monte Maria, near Burgusio, Reschen Pass, Western Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Monk in Dzogbegan Benedictine Abbey, Danyi Dzogbegan, Togo, West Africa, AFrica

Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hungary, Europe

Klosterkirche, Fischingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, Europe

Maria Laach, Benedictine Abbey, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe

Benedictine Abbey on Tihany peninsula along the shores of Lake Balaton, Hungary, Europe

Montserrat is a mountain near Barcelona, in Catalonia. It is the site of a Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat is a multi-peaked mountain range near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of the Catalan Pre-Coastal Range. The main peaks are Sant Jeroni (1,236 m), Montgrós (1,120 m) and Miranda de les Agulles (903 m). It is well known as the site of the Benedictine abbey, Santa Maria de Montserrat, which hosts the Virgin of Montserrat sanctuary. Montserrat literally means "saw (serrated, like the common handsaw) mountain" in Catalan. It describes its peculiar aspect with multitude of rock formations which are visible from a great distance. The mountain is composed of strikingly pink conglomerate, a form of sedimentary rock. Montserrat was designated as a National Park in 1987. On this mountain we will have access to the Monastery of Montserrat which houses the virgin that gives its name to the monastery, although it is also known as La Moreneta

Former Benedictine monastery in the evening light, Villeroy & Boch, Erlebniszentrum Villeroy & Boch, Mettlach, Saarland, Germany, Europe

Children gazing at the sculptures on a pillar in the baroque library of the Benedictine abbey, Metten, Lower Bavaria, Germany

View over illuminated roof deck of restaurant Hotel Stein to old town with Salzburg Cathedral, St. Peter's Archabbey, Franciscan Church, City Hall Tower and Hohensalzburg Fortress, largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, in the evening, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Since 1996 historic centre of the city part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Ettal Abbey, Benedictine monastery in the village of Ettal, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Dome fresco coronation of Benedict in the Benedictine Abbey Ettal, Upper Bavaria, Allgäu, Bavaria, Germany

Michelfeld monastery, monastery church of St, John the Evangelist, interior, ceiling fresco Resurrection of Jesus by Cosmas Damian Asam

View over Muenster Bridge to Fraumuenster, Zurich, Canton Zurich, Switzerland

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Ottobeuren, Ottobeuren Abbey Library

View over Old Town with Hohensalzburg Fortress, largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, Salzburg Cathedral, Franciscan Church, St. Peter's Archabbey and Collegiate Church, built by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Since 1996 historic centre of the city part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Saeben Abbey, Saben Abbey, a Benedictine Monastery and pilgrimage site, Saeben, South Tyrol, Italy

Aerial view of the Seeon Abbey, Seeon, Seon-Seebruck, Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Michelfeld Monastery, Monastery Church of St, John the Evangelist, interior

Vault of the ceiling of the Seeon Abbey, Seeon, Seeon-Seebruck, Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

View of Beuron Archabbey, a major house of the Benedictine Order, Upper Danube Valley, Swabian Alp, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Early summer morning at a former Benedictine monastery with church, Santa MarÌa, Santa Cruz de la SerÛs, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

Hohensalzburg Fortress, largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, Since 1996 historic centre of the city part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

Marienberg abbey, Vinschgau, Val Venosta, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy

Village of St. Peter with abbey, Architekt Peter Thumb, Southern Part of Black Forest, Black Forest, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Interior view of abbey church of Benediktbeuern monastery, former Benedictine abbey, Benediktbeuern, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Anastasiakapelle at Benediktbeuern monastery, former Benedictine abbey, Benediktbeuern, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Prey candles in Muenster of the Frauenwoerth, Abbey Frauenchiemsee, Frauenchiemsee, Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Ceiling fresco of Weltenburg monastery, Benedictine abbey, Weltenburg, river Danube, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View at a corn field, Benedictine abbey Andechs in a distance, district of Starnberg, Bavaria

Benedictine monastery Disentis Abbey in the village of Disentis with train station and Glacier Express, Surselva, Graubuenden, Switzerland

Aerial view of the Seeon Abbey, Seeon, Seon-Seebruck, Chiemsee, Chiemgau, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Benedictine monastery, Santo Domingo de Silos with view of the town, Castilla Leon, Spain

View of Saeben monastery in autumn, Chiusa, Valle Isarco, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Marienberg monastery and Burgeis, Vinschgau, South Tyrol, Italy

Montserrat Monastery and Benedictine Abbey, Catalonia, Spain

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

Church of monastery Admont, valley of Ennstal, Ennstal bicycle route, Styria, Austria

Worship, Montserrat Monastery and Benedictine Abbey, Catalonia, Spain

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

Ceiling fresco of Weltenburg monastery, Benedictine abbey, Weltenburg, river Danube, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

View of Benedictine abbey and church St. Mauritius at Tholey, Saarland, Germany, Europe

Benedictine monastery with cloister, Santo Domingo de Silos, Castilla Leon, Spain

Benedictine monastery with cloister, Santo Domingo de Silos, Castilla Leon, Spain

Europe, Germany, Bavaria, Ottobeuren, Ottobeuren Abbey Library

Interior view of abbey church, Alpirsbach abbey, former Benedictine monastery, Alpirsbach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Europe, Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Neresheim, Neresheim Abbey, fresco on the ceiling

Old Benedictine monastery at sunrise, Santa MarÃŒa la Real de Irache, Camino de Santiago, Navarra, Spain

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

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

Benedictine monastery of St. Emmeram, St. Emmeram's Abbey, papal basilica, nave and high altar with a baroque interior by the Asam brothers, old town of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Benedictine monastery of St. Emmeram, St. Emmeram's Abbey, nave and high altar of the papal basilica with a baroque interior by the Asam brothers, Old Town of Regensburg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Benedictine Abbey Bursfeld Kloster Bursfelde in Hemeln Bursfelde at the Weser near Hannoversch Muenden Lower Saxony Germany

Souvenirs, Baroque Benedictine Ettal Abbey, County Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The abbey church of the Benedectine monastery of Maria Laach, Germany, Rhineland-Palantine

A wooden tower stands in a spacious meadow under the warm evening sun, event and wedding location Lorch Monastery, Lorch, Germany

A historic castle under a cloudy evening sky surrounded by fields, Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France

Mont Saint-Michel at dusk, illuminated with straw bales in the foreground, Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France

Ceiling frescoes in the largest monastic library (1766) in the world at Admont Abbey, Benedictine monastery in Liexen, Styria, Austria, Europe

Ceiling frescoes in the largest monastic library (1766) in the world at Admont Abbey, Benedictine monastery in Liexen, Styria, Austria, Europe

Kloster Ettal, Ettal Abbey, Benedictine monastery, aerial view, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Rounded painting, Lorch Abbey, former Benedictine monastery, Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Aerial photo, Benedictine Abbey Koenigsmuenster, Haus der Stille, House of Silence, Meschede, Hochsauerlandkreis, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Benedictine St Mary and Markus Abbey, Mittelzell, Reichenau Island, Lake Constance, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Kelso Abbey at dusk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of the Virgin Mary, St. Nicholas' Church, formerly the church of Brauweiler Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, Brauweiler, Pulheim, Rhineland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Schwaben 1720-30, Elector Max Emmanuel of Bavaria, Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

St. Boniface-Medicus and martyr, skeleton behind glass, Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Skeleton behind glass, Basilica of the Benedictine Abbey in Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Relief, Crucifixion of Christ by Kilian Fuchs, 17th Century, Goettweig Abbey, Wachau, Mostviertel, Must Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

St. Walburg monastery, Benedictine abbey of Eichstaett, Diocese of Eichstaett, Eichstaett, Altmuehltal valley, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Banz Abbey, a former Benedictine monastery, near Bad Staffelstein, Lichtenfels, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ceiling frescoes by Paul Troger above the Emperor's Staircase in the Imperial Wing, Goettweig Abbey, Wachau, Mostviertel, Must Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Basilica of St. Lorenz, a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince Abbot of Kempten, today the Parish Church of St. Lorenz, Diocese of Augsburg, Kempten, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Basilica of St. Lorenz, a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince Abbot of Kempten, today the Parish Church of St. Lorenz, Diocese of Augsburg, Kempten, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Basilica of St. Lorenz, a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince Abbot of Kempten, today the Parish Church of St. Lorenz, Diocese of Augsburg, Residenz Square, Kempten, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Magnificent dome of the Basilica of St. Lorenz, a former Benedictine abbey church of the Prince Abbot of Kempten, today the Parish Church of St. Lorenz, Diocese of Augsburg, Kempten, Lower Allgaeu, Allgaeu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Ceiling frescoes by Paul Troger above the Emperor's Staircase in the Imperial Wing, Goettweig Abbey, Wachau, Mostviertel, Must Quarter, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

North wing of the cloister building, L'Abbaye aux Dames, Abbey of Women, Caen, Basse-Normandie, France, Europe

Perfect reflection of Mont Saint Michel, probably the most famous monastery mountain in the world, at sunrise. Mont Saint Michel, France, Europe

Nave with organ, Goettweig Abbey, Goettweiger Berg, UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Pieta, Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, called Vesperbild, from 1390/1400, from Seeon Abbey, Benedictine monastery at Lake Chiemsee, Munich in 1330, Bavarian National Museum, Prinzregentenstrasse 3, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Muenster Schwarzach minster, former Romanesque monastery church of St. Peter and Paul, southwest view, Benedictine abbey Schwarzach, Rheinmuenster, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Interior view of the monastery church, Kloster Scheyern monastery, Abbey of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation, Scheyern, Pfaffenhofen district, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Benedictine monastery on the island of St. Maria in Veliko Jezero, Great Lake, National Park Mljet, Mljet Island, Dubrovnik-Neretva, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe