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Uclés, ES
The Monastery of Ucles dates from 12th century. It is currently managed by a foundation. The complex is accessed through a baroque doorway, next to the south of the building. The conventual dependencies are distributed around a large cloister.
Karies , GR
Monastery of Vatopedi is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked second in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.
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Goslar, DE
The monastery of Woeltingerode (Kloster Woeltingerode) is an ancient monastery of great importance in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The monastic complex includes today the monastery church, a distillery, a farm shop with local products, a restaurant and a hotel housed in the former cloister.
Cuacos de Yuste, ES
Built in the early 15th century, this monastery was founded by a group of monks who were donated a bit of land. It is famous for being the last place of residence of Emporer Charles V after he passed the crown to his son Philip II.
Anafi, GR
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Veria, GR
The Holy Monastery of Saint John the Forerunner or St John the Baptist is a 9th-century monastery located on a hill overlooking the River Aliakmonas, very close to the towns of Veria and Vergina.
Ter Apel, NL
Klooster ter Apel is also called Domus Novae Lucis, or the House of the New Light.
Ulldecona, ES
The foundation of this monastery was carried out thanks to the initiative of Romuald Simón de Pallarès, knight of the Order of the Hospitallers and commander of Ulldecona since 1669. During the Civil War the nuns were expelled and the establishment seized, but it was recovered in 1940 and is still active.
Monastyrets, UA
The period of the cemetery’s establishment is unknown. It first appears on a cadastral map of 1865. The fence was installed by ESJF in July 2016.
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