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The monastery of Gradac was built from 1277 to 1282, during the reign of Stefan Dragutin. From 1389, under Ottoman rule, the monastery was largely devoid of monks, and then the roof of the church was removed. Between 1963 and 1975, a complete reconstruction of the main church was carried out. The construction of the dwellings began in 1982 and the monastery was resurrected.

The Grande Chartreuse Monastery is the first monastery as well as the mother house of the hermit monks of the Carthusian order. The legend of the foundation of the monastery tells that a group of several monks, guided by Bishop Hugues de Grenoble (1080 to 1132), settled in June 1084 in the Chartreuse valley. Since the 19th century, the Grande-Chartreuse community has been known to oversee the production of the popular Chartreuse liqueur.

The Great St Bernard Hospice, situated at an altitude of 2,473 metres, was supposedly first built around 1050, when Saint Bernard of Aosta founded the hospice which will later bear his name. In 1823, the hospice is rebuilt under the direction of the architect Henri Perregaux. It was at the hospice that was created the so-called dog breed of St. Bernard.

The Gregoriou Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked seventeenth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on the peninsula of Athos.

Grgeteg Monastery was founded by Serbian Despot Vuk Grgurević in 1471. 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).

Hilandar Monastery is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is also the only Serbian Orthodox monastery on the peninsula. It is ranked fourth in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on Mount Athos.

According to legend, the monastery of Hîncu was built by the Moldavian boyar Mihalcea Hîncu (17th century) after he and his daughter Paraschiva escaped from the Tartars. During his escape, he had sworn to build a monastery if they escaped. The monastery is now in the place where the escape succeeded. It was not until 1835 that the monastery, until then mainly made of wood, was equipped with stone buildings. From 1956 to 1990, the monastery was closed by the Soviet Union and the site was used as a recreation centre by the Ministry of Health. Since its reopening, the monastery has undergone extensive repairs.

The Horodiste Cave Monastery in Tipova extends over three levels and has three churches: Holy Cross - 11-12th century; St. Nicholas - 14th century and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin - 16-18th century. The bell tower, cells and other rooms are more recent and date from the 19th century. In all, the more than 20 rooms communicate with each other through tunnels, galleries and stairways, the largest being the Church of the Assumption.

The church of the Humor Monastery was built in 1530, during the ruling of Petru Rares, by his faithful Chancellor Toader Bubuiog and his wife Anastasia. The church was consacrated to the Assumption of the Holy Virgin. Prince Petru Rares had an initiative of reconstruction the old monastic Moldavian buldings and of decoration with frescoes the exterior walls. At Humor Monastery, the dominant colour of the background is red. The painting reflects a perfect harmony between the characteristic elements of the Byzantine art, originated in the Eastern Church theology and the gift of the local creator.

The Cave Monastery of St. Clement was founded in 1850 on the site of a medieval Byzantine monastery. There, the relics of St. Clement were kept, before their removal to Constantinople-Moravia and Rome by Saints Cyril and Methodius. The early Christians are supposed to have kept the relics in a cave, which could be visited only on the anniversary of St. Clements' death.