The 16th-century Monastery of Panagia Tourliani – located southeast of town – is renowned for its intricate marble carvings and massive Italian baroque altar screen. Head half a mile north of ...

There are a few churches you can visit, including the Panagia Tourliani monastery and the Monastery of Paleokastro. Tourlos, in the northern part of Mykonos' west coast, is home to the newer of ...

The 65-year-old Augustinian friar and his three fellow monks, who have dedicated their lives to silent prayer inside Florence’s Santo Spirito monastery, are preparing to go into battle over ...

Collegeville (United States) – On a snowy prairie in Minnesota stands a monastery like no other. A concrete trapezoid banner encasing a bell tower looms over a giant, beehive-shaped front window ...

Founded in 1106 in the west of Georgia, the Monastery of Gelati is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of medieval Georgia, a period of political strength and economic growth between the 11th and 13th ...

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the ...

Archaeologists uncover a well-preserved Byzantine monastery in Israel. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority A team from the Israel Antiquities Authority has uncovered the remains of a Byzantine-era ...

The Hôpital-Général de Québec monastery, located at the intersection of the Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur neighbourhoods in the city of Québec, is a large convent complex dating back to the 17 th ...

Boutique hotel situated amidst the scenic views of Aegean Sea and the scenic Mykonos Town - Offers daily boat rides.