monastery
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The National Trust said the walls were the "buried remains of monastery buildings including a cloister and various other buildings, as well as later Tudor alterations".
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The tiny village of Zvernec sits on the coast outside Vlore, known for its more than 700-year-old Byzantine-era monastery on the edge of the Narta Lagoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Like many Tibetan men, he served as a monk, spending 12 years at a southern India monastery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Saint Simeon monastery itself was subjected to "looting, illegal excavation, military use and neglect", according to site director Abdel Jalil Arabi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
For his next act, Leonardo starts work on a mural in a Milan monastery.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
A fire that began Monday in Spain's northeastern Aragon region and has forced the evacuation of 850 people so far is threatening the two monasteries of San Juan de la Pena.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thetford, England, population about 25,500, has been mostly quiet since King Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries kneecapped the local economy in 1540.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He inherited great wealth from his father, and seized more from monasteries after breaking with the Catholic church, yet still ended up short on cash.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
The idea resonated, reminding her of monasteries she’d once visited on a trip to France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
The same thing has happened in Trappist monasteries throughout the centuries.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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