The Monastery in the centre of the historic village of Omodos in the Troodos mountains, Cyprus, Mediterranean, Europe

St. Nicholas Cathedral, Nikolsky Women's Monastery (Convent), Pereslavl-Zalessky, Golden Ring, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, Europe

St. Maria and Markus Cathedral, Mittelzell, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Reichenau Island, Lake Constance, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, Europe

View to the former monastery of San Domenico from the Greek Theatre, Mount Etna in background, Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Old town from the city walls, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Lingzhi Dzong, a spectacular site on the Laya-Gasa trek, Thimpu District, Bhutan, Asia

Mahar Aung Mye Bon San Monastery built in 1822, Inwa, near Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Sucevita Monastery, a Gothic church, one of the Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bukovina, Romania, Europe

Miradouro das Portas do Sol, twilight view over Alfama Neighbourhood towards the Sao Vicente de Fora Monastery, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Stone votive stupas found at the site of 5th century Ratnagiri monastery by the Archaeological Survey of India, Ratnagiri, Odisha, India, Asia

Remains of a 5th century Buddhist temple with the only curvilinear tower found in Odisha, at Ratnagiri monastery, Odisha, India, Asia

Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Leinster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

View down Stradun from the city walls, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Santa Luzia viewpoint, Sao Vicente de Fora monastery, National Pantheon, Alfama district, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

The village of Bachkovo, Bachkovo Monastery, Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria, Europe

San Juan des los Reyes Monastery and town wall reflected in the Tajo River, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Former monastery in Durnstein, Wachau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Austria, Europe

Former monastery in Durnstein, Wachau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Austria, Europe

Wall murals in the Bachkovo Monastery, Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria, Europe

Wall murals in the Bachkovo Monastery, Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria, Europe

View of town from elevated position, Cavtat on the Adriatic Sea, Cavtat, Dubrovnik Riviera, Croatia, Europe

Palkhor Monastery, Gyantse, Tibet, China, Asia

Monastery Mafra (Mafra National Palace), Mafra, Portugal, Europe

Nikitsky Cathedral, Nikitsky Monastery, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Golden Ring, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, Europe

Convento de San Francisco de Asis at night, La Habana Vieja, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Old Havana, La Habana (Havana), Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Mar Saba, one of the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world, eastern Judean Desert, Israel

Puente de San Martin Bridge, San Juan des los Reyes Monastery, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Monastery Mafra, (Mafra National Palace), Mafra, Portugal, Europe

Cloister of the Church of Saint Francis, Piran, Slovenia, Europe

Greyfriars Tower, early spring in Tower gardens, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Monastery of San Martin Pinario, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Convento Santo Ecce Homo, previously a monastery now a historic site, near Villa de Leyva, Colombia, South America

Church, Kornos, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Europe

Bell Tower of Annunciation Church, Nikitsky Monastery, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Golden Ring, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, Europe

Visovac Monastery on Visovac Island, Krka National Park, Dalmatia, Croatia, Europe

Saint Francesco's Monastery, Todi, Umbria, Italy, Europe

Jeronimos Monastery with late Gothic architecture, UNESCO World Heritage Site, surrounded by gardens, Santa Maria de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Convento de Cristi (Convent of Christ) Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tomar, Santarem District, Portugal, Europe

Cloister of Saint Francis Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Quito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador, South America

Wall murals in the Bachkovo Monastery, Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria, Europe

Visovac Monastery, Croatia, Europe

Convento de Santa Teresa, Avila, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

Nikitsky Cathedral, Nikitsky Monastery, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Golden Ring, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, Europe

Old town from the city walls, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Buddhist monks of the Punakha Fortress Monastery, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Al Deir (Monastery) monument at sunset, carved into the mountain side and framed by a cave, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

The wall of Palacio de la Cava, San Juan de los Reyes Monastery, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

The Monastery of the Temptation, Jericho, West Bank, Israel

Studenica Orthodox Monastery Church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Studenica, Serbia, Europe

St. Stanislaus Church and the Pauline Monastery in Skalka, Krakow, Poland, Europe

Lindisfarne Priory, early Christian site, and village, elevated view, Holy Island, Northumberland Coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ruins of the Pitoes Monastery, Church, Pitoes das Junias, Peneda Geres National Park, Minho, Portugal, Europe

Puente de San Martin Bridge and San Juan des los Reyes Monastery reflected in the Tajo River, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

A view from Plaza Major towards the bell tower of the Convent of San Francisco, Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Monastery of San Martin Pinario, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, Europe

Abadia de Montserrat Monastery, Catalonia, Spain, Europe *** Local Caption *** Abadia de Montserrat Monastery, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Golden pagodas at the Nyaung Oak monastery in Indein, the largest and oldest monastery on Inle Lake, Shan state, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

View over Sasso Barisano to Monasterio di Sant'Agostino monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Matera, Basilicata, Puglia, Italy, Europe

Frescoes in Studenica Orthodox Monastery Church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Studenica, Serbia, Europe

Lindisfarne Priory, early Christian site, and village, elevated view, Holy Island, Northumberland Coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Al Deir (Monastery) facade at sunset with some people on top of it, Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Monastery of the Hieronymites), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

St Catherine's Monastery at foot of Mount (Mount el-Deir), also Mount Sinai, in Sinai Desert in Egypt

The cloister of Santa Maria de Ripoll Benedictine Monastery, Ripoll, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Tibetan Buddhist monks studying Buddhist scripture in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tibetan Buddhist monks studying Buddhist scripture in Drepung Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

The debating Tibetan Buddhist monks of Sera Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Tourists, frescoes, St. Sergius Church, Holy Trinity Saint Sergius Lavra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sergiev Posad, Russia, Europe

The Monastery of St. John the Theologian, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Easter in Patmos, Patmos, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Hilltop Convent of Christ (Convento de Cristo), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tomar, Ribatejo, Portugal, Europe

Street scene at Plaza Mayor and the heart of Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Street scene at Plaza Mayor with St. Francis Church in the background, Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Street scene featuring San Francisco de Asis in Trinidad, Trinidad, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

A nun sweeps the grounds of the Stavropoleos Monastery Church (Biserica Manastirea Stavropoleos) early in the morning, Bucharest, Romania, Europe

Monks and prayer wheels, Tashi Chho Dzong Fortress, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

The cloister of Santa Maria de Ripoll Benedictine Monastery, Ripoll, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

The Inner Courtyard, Monastery of St. John the Theologian, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patmos, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Monastery of the Hieronymites), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Tibetan woman of Sera Monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Sculpture, Courtyard of the two-storied cloister, Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Monastery of the Hieronymites), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

The debating Tibetan Buddhist monks of Sera monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China, Asia

Rabelos boat on Douro River, Serra do Pilar Monastery, Ponte Dom Luis I Bridge, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Porto (Oporto), Portugal, Europe

Monk and bell tower of Trinity Lavra of St Sergius, Russian Orthodox monastery at Sergiyev Posad, Zagorsk, near Moscow, Russia

St Catherine's Monastery at foot of Mount (Mount el-Deir), also Mount Sinai, in Sinai Desert in Egypt

The cloister of Convento de San Esteban in Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain, Europe

The Main Church, Monastery of St. John the Theologian, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Patmos, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Manueline ornamentation in the cloisters of Mosteiro dos Jeronimos (Monastery of the Hieronymites), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Belem, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe

Hotel Dann Monasterio, former Saint Francis Monastery, Popayan, Cauca Department, Colombia, South America

Tourists visit Konigliches Schloss in Schlossplatz, Berchtesgaden in Baden-Wurttenberg, Bavaria, Germany

Whitewashed building in rural country village, Catholic church of Igreja Santa Barbara de Padraes, near Castro Verde, Baixo Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Former monastery in Durnstein, Wachau, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Austria, Europe

The Tashi Chho Dzong Fortress, Thimpu, Bhutan, Asia

Konigliches Schloss in Schlossplatz, Berchtesgaden in Baden-Wurttenberg, Bavaria, Germany

Barsana Monastery, one of the Wooden Churches of Maramures, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barsana, Romania, Europe

The Monastery of San Francisco, Ecuador's oldest church, founded in 1534, Quito, Ecuador, South America

Konigliches Schloss in Schlossplatz, Berchtesgaden in Baden-Wurttenberg, Bavaria, Germany

Rinpung Dzong Fortress Monastery courtyard, Paro, Bhutan, Asia

Brazil, Salvador De Bahia, Historic Quarter Of Pelourinho, Monastery Convento De Sao Francisco Decorated With Outstanding Azulejos (Blue Faience From Portugal), Open To Men Only, Biblical Scene With Flying Small Devils Disfigured

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

Wat Phan Tao temple, Chiang Mai, Thailand