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  2. Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - Wikipedia

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    After failing to do so, and with the approbation of pope John XIII and king Lothair, he decided to replace them with a monastery of the Benedict order, as mentioned in Introductio monachorum ("the installation of the monks"), a treaty written around 1080–1095 by a Mont-Saint-Michel monk trying to defend the independence of the monastery ...

  3. Cathedral Peak (California) - Wikipedia

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    Highest point; Elevation: 10,916 ft (3,327 m) NAVD 88 [1] Prominence: 919 ft (280 m) [1] Listing: SPS Mountaineers peak [2]: Coordinates: 3]: Geography; Location: Yosemite National Park, California, U.S.: Parent range: Cathedral Range, Sierra Nevada: Topo map: USGS Tenaya Lake: Geology; Rock age: Cretaceous: Mountain type: Granite arête: Climbing; First ascent: 1869 by John Muir [4]: Easiest ...

  4. Cathedral Range - Wikipedia

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    The mountains were formed by glaciers carving out the granite material; also see Cathedral Peak Granodiorite. The tops of the peaks in the range were above the level of the highest glaciation, and are therefore un-eroded and distinctly spire-like; [4] see nunatak. The Cathedral Range from Gaylor Lakes basin

  5. World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria - Wikipedia

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    In 2011 it was revealed that the new instances would include Temple of the Jade Serpent, Stormstout Brewery and Shado-Pan Monastery. It was later revealed that the 4 parts of Scarlet Monastery – Library, Graveyard, Armory and Cathedral – would be merged into two heroics in Mists of Pandaria.

  6. Skellig Michael - Wikipedia

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    The monastery is situated at an elevation of 170 to 180 m (550 to 600 ft), Christ's Saddle at 129 m (422 ft), and the flagstaff area at 37 m (120 ft) above sea level. [ 4 ] The monastery can be approached by narrow and steep flights of stone steps which ascend from three landing points.

  7. Holy Hill National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians - Wikipedia

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    The building now known as the Old Monastery Inn and Retreat Center was completed in 1920. The second shrine was removed in 1925 so that a third shrine could be built. The cornerstone of the third and present shrine was placed by Archbishop Messmer on August 22, 1926. [5] The present church was completed and consecrated in 1931. [5]

  8. Novodevichy Convent - Wikipedia

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    In 1922, the Bolsheviks closed down the Novodevichy Convent (the cathedral was the last to be closed, in 1929) and turned it into the Museum of Women's Emancipation. By 1926, the monastery had been transformed into a history and art museum. In 1934, it became affiliated with the State Historical Museum. Most of its facilities were turned into ...

  9. Melrose Abbey - Wikipedia

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    An earlier monastery was founded by, then later dedicated to, Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne on a site about two miles (3.5 km) east of Melrose Abbey. [2] This was shortly before his death in 651 at Bamburgh. Set in a bend of the River Tweed, a graveyard marks the site. Saint Cuthbert (died 687), who grew up nearby, trained at Old Melrose abbey.