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Popular tradition suggests that the monastery already existed in Visigothic times and was destroyed during the Islamic invasion. There is evidence of its existence since the 13th century. During the 16th and 17th centuries the whole complex was rebuilt, becoming the monastery that is still preserved today, although with modifications. Part of the building has been adapted to serve as a guest house.

The Monasterioton Synagogue in Thessaloniki is a Sephardi synagogue built between 1925 and 1927. The synagogue was restored in 1978 and 2016. This Art Deco brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The monastery of Santa Chiara of the Clare nuns, with its church, was founded in 1490. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the monastic complex underwent further extensions and embellishments. In 1694, the church, as it is visible in its present form, was completed. In 1798, the religious complex was suppressed by Napoleon, but the enclosure was officially restored in 1817 after the Restoration of 1815. In 1845, the church was rebuilt in neoclassical style, although the interior retains its Renaissance architectural layout. The façade has a simple plan with two statues in niches. The church contains works by B. Rossi and Luigi Asioli, a Nativity by Giulio Francia and Giacomo Francia, and a Madonna di Soriano of 1639 by Giovanni Maria Botalla.

The monastery of Santa Maria in Valle Christi was a 13th-century monastic complex built for a community of Cistercian nuns who flourished there for almost three hundred years. Replaced by nuns of the Order of St. Clare in the early 16th century, the monastery again went into decline and after a few decades, in 1572, it was abolished.

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The monastery is a monumental complex of sacral buildings consisting of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the building of the Pauline Monastery and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, and the outbuildings belonging to the monastery. The Basilica is one of the most important Basilicas in Slovakia.

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Built in 1865, the St. Alfons monastery in Aachen, Germany, transformed into an office building in 2008, while preserving its historical features. The conversion process involved reversible modifications and a glass extension.

One of the most important churches in Cyprus. It dates back to the 12th century and was famous for its frescoes. Unfortunately, these were badly damaged in the aftermath of the events of 1974. Today, the externally well-preserved church is a museum.