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The abbey's Basilica of the Assumption contains a mausoleum of dukes of the Świdnica line of the Polish Piast dynasty. The name Grüssau Abbey refers to a house of the Benedictine Order founded in 1947 in the town of Bad Wimpfen in Baden-Württemberg , where the German Grüssau (Krzeszów) community moved, after Krzeszów became again part of ...
The Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore is a large Benedictine monastery in the Italian region of Tuscany, 10 km south of Asciano. [1] Its buildings, which are mostly of red brick, are conspicuous against the grey clayey and sandy soil—the Crete senesi which give this area of Tuscany its name.
Osek Monastery (Czech: Osecký klášter; German: Kloster Ossegg) is a Cistercian monastery in Osek in Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.Originally built in the 13th century as a Romanesque-Gothic structure, it was transformed into the high-Baroque style during the early 18th century, giving it the today's appearance.
Alpirsbach Abbey (Kloster Alpirsbach) is a former Benedictine monastery and later Protestant seminary located at Alpirsbach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The monastery was established in the late 11th century and possessed considerable freedoms for an ecclesiastical property at that time, but in the 13th century it became a de facto possession of the Dukes of Teck and then the County of ...
The body remained there until a modern Monastery bearing the Saint's name was built adjacent to the ruins, in 1967 the body was moved to the new Monastery. The Church remains open to this day and is a prominent pilgrimage and tourist center in Cairo. Debre Damo: Tigray Region: Ethiopia: 6th century Ethiopian Orthodox
The tallest wooden church building is Săpânța-Peri Monastery church (78 m) in Săpânța, Romania. The tallest church building in the Americas is the Cathedral of Maringá (124 m) in Maringá, Brazil. If completed, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, will be the tallest church building in the world, at 172.5 metres (566 ft).
Turlough church and round tower at sunset Turlough round tower. Turlough is an early monastic site, possibly founded in AD 441 by Saint Patrick. [citation needed] In the ninth century an unusual low and squat round tower was constructed at the site. [5] In 1302 the Abbey was valued for the ecclesiastical taxation of Ireland.
St. Michael's Monastery Church (Albanian: Kisha e Manastirit të Shën Mëhillit) is a monastery church in Nivan, Gjirokastër County, Albania. It is a Cultural Monument of Albania . [ 1 ]