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Jaulian (Urdu: جولیاں; meaning Seat of Saints [1]) is a ruined Buddhist monastery dating from the 2nd century CE, [2] located in Taxila, in Pakistan. [3]Jaulian, along with the nearby monastery at Mohra Muradu, form part of the Ruins of Taxila – a collection of excavations that were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
A 19th-century view showing the abbey, the old bridge and the tower. Claregalway friary was founded circa. 1240, [1] and was definitely in extant prior before 1250. [2] Though some sources attribute the founding of the friary to John de Cogan II, it was in fact founded by his father, John de Cogan I. [3]
Mohra Muradu (Urdu: موہرا مرادو) is the place of an ancient Buddhist stupa and monastery near the ruins of Taxila, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] The ancient monastery is located in a valley and has views of the surrounding mountains.
Ratnagiri (Odia: ରତ୍ନଗିରି, meaning "hill of jewels") is the site of a ruined mahavihara, once the major Buddhist monastery in modern Odisha, India.It is located on a hill between the Brahmani and Birupa rivers in Jajpur district.
Telhara has a mosque, which is said to have been built with the materials carried from the ruins of the Buddhist monastery. [4] One pillar contained an inscription that mentions the place-name Telāḍhaka. Remains of an ancient university (Mahavihara) on the site were unearthed in 2014. [6] [7]
The ruins cover an area of 24 hectares (59 acres). The monastery precinct begins at the office of the on-site branch of Department of Archeology of Sri Lanka close to the foot of the reservoir named Banda Pokuna. The ancient man-made reservoir is a feat of engineering with a bund of polygonal plan completing a circumference of 366 meters. [11]
Also, the oldest intact window in Western Europe can be found in the town, being part of the ruins of a Franciscan Monastery. The window, although large, is only stonework. St. Laurence O'Toole, (1128 - 1180) or Lorcán Ua Tuathail, was born at Castledermot. 1903 Gordon Bennett Trophy.
The Monasterboice (Irish: Mainistir Bhuithe) ruins are the remains of an early Christian monastic settlement in County Louth in Ireland, north of Drogheda.The ruins are a national monument of Ireland and also give their name to the local village and to a civil parish of the same name.