monastery
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But by the time Kosovo police's special forces took control of the monastery in late afternoon, the surviving group members had somehow slipped away despite being, to all intents and purposes, surrounded.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Where dinosaur tracks coexist beside spooky rows of barracks left from a 16th-century monastery, there’s a spectacular view of coastline all the way back to the white spires of Lisbon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Mirr declined to comment on the buyer’s identity but did confirm that the person plans to use the former monastery as a home.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
At this site, about one third of individuals buried in lower status areas had tuberculosis, compared with 12% of those buried in the monastery or church.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
I arrived at the Trappist monastery with its two thousand acres of wood and farmlands and entered the courtyard as the monks were chanting Vespers.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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