Priory of Santa Maria de la Ràpita
La Ràpita, ES
The Islamic castle of La Ràpita was located there. In 1097, when this territory had not yet been conquered, Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona promised to hand it over to the monastery of Sant Cugat
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La Ràpita, ES
The Islamic castle of La Ràpita was located there. In 1097, when this territory had not yet been conquered, Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona promised to hand it over to the monastery of Sant Cugat
Auderghem, BE
The priory of Val Duchesse was a convent of Dominican nuns from the 13th century. It was founded in 1262 by the Duchess Adelaide of Burgundy with the religious community of Val Duchesse. Closed by the revolutionary power in 1796, what remained of it passed into private hands in the 19th century before becoming the property of the Belgian State in 1930. Today, the priory and its grounds are often used for important national or international meetings and colloquia.
Privina Glava, RS
Privina Glava Monastery is a women's monastery close to the municipality of Šid. It is one of the 16 surviving Orthodox monasteries built between the 15th and 18th centuries on the Fruška Gora mountain in Serbia (also known as the Serbian Mount Athos).
Breukelen, NL
Sober modern Dutch Reformed Evangelisation building on Reformed Foundations. Built in 1978 to replace a wooden Pro Rege building from 1968. This community joined the Restored Reformed Church in 2004.
Probota, Dolhasca, Suceava county, RO
Petru Rares built Probota monastery not far from the ruins of the old monastery and decided to be painted in 1532. The architecture and the painted frescoes from the inside and the outside are the expression of exceptional value of the Moldavian medieval art. The price's family and the important nobles of his time, who gained the privilege to be buried into a princley necropolis, rest in the church. The Probota monastery has an impressive series of 21 epigraph funeral stones, the oldest and the most valuable belonging to the founders: Petru Rares, his wife Elena and their son, Stephen.
Dimitsana, Arcadia, GR
An incredible 16th century monastery, nestled in the cliffs of the Lussius Ravine, part of the mountainous Arcadia region. A 20 minute walk along a cliffside path leads to this extraordinary hidden gem.
Ede, NL
Built as a Reformed Youth Chapel. Interesting reconstruction church with a tower on the right corner.
Moni Profitou Iliou, GR
The Prophet Elias Monastery, located at an altitude of 567 metres, was founded in 1711 by the hieromonks Gabriel and Ioakeim Bellonia. The monastery contains the mitre of Gregory V of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Tripiti, GR
The Chapel of the Prophet Elias (Profitis Ilias) is a small, single-nave chapel located in the rocky landscape of the Tripiti Gorge in Crete.
Amari , GR
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