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Žiče Charterhouse is a former monastery of the Carthusian Order founded around 1160. It is the nineteenth charterhouse built in Europe, the first built outside the original Romanesque region of France and Italy.

The former Cistercian monastery of Zinna was founded in 1170 by the Archbishop of Magdeburg. The oldest building in the complex is the late Romanesque fieldstone church, which was begun in the 12th century. In 1553, the last abbot left the monastery. The enclosure was largely demolished in the 18th century and the monastery area to the south was covered with modern buildings. In 1492, the first printed book in the area, a Marian psalm, was created in the monastery.

Zlatá Koruna Monastery was founded in 1263 by King Ottokar II of Bohemia as an antagonist of the Rosenberg family monastery in Vyšší Brod. The construction of the monastery began at the end of the 13th century, continued in the 1330s and was completed in the years 1360-1370. The church was given a Baroque appearance after 1663 and was restored in the years 1839-1841. In 1785 the monastic community was abolished, but the building was restored several times during the 20th century and in 1960 it was reopened as a monument open to the public.

Zograf Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is the only Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on the peninsula, and it is ranked ninth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

The monastery in Zrze was built in several stages on the ruins of a Christian sanctuary from the 15th century. Its church contains two exceptional icons; one, painted in 1393, represents Jesus Christ, and the other, from 1422, represents the Virgin of Pelagonia. It also has remarkable medieval frescoes, divided into two spaces. The lower space represents monastic life, while the upper space represents Saints Gregory, Basil, Nicholas and John. The frescoes on the porch are more recent, having been executed in 1624 and 1634.

Zscheiplitz began its life as a small Slavonic settlement on top of the hill overlooking the river valley – some time in the 7-9th century AD. It became a residence of the Imperial palatine count Friedrich of Saxony. In 1089 Zscheiplitz became the Benedictine monastery.

Đurđevi Stupovi is one of the oldest Serbian monasteries. Completed in 1171, the monastery houses valuable 13th century murals and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979.