Criterion (vi): Rila Monastery is considered a symbol of the 19th Century Bulgarian Renaissance which imparted Slavic values upon Rila in trying to reestablish an uninterrupted historic continuity.

Rare heraldic tiles were recently discovered under wooden floors at former Basilian monastery in Chełm, Poland, offering a ...

The Benedictine Order tried to restore monastic life there at the end of the 19th century without success, as they were unable to get the use of land to support the community.

Just off the dusty ranch road leading to the monks' church is the 2 1/2-acre brick winery building built more than 100 years ago by Leland Stanford, the 19th century robber baron whose Central ...

The inventors of the Zeppelin airship converted this 13th Century monastery into a hotel in the 19th Century, with most of the 100 rooms offering views of the lake. Inside, ...

1 This image, taken in the village of Dolyna in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on November 2, shows the ruins of the 19th-century monastery at the heart of the St. Heorhiy (George) Skete.

The functional dynamism of the main building, designed for the coexistence of life in the monastery and the court, is perpetuated today in the compatibility of its present functions: religious – ...

A year after a fire burned through a 19th-century former monastery for three days in downtown Montreal, organizations and housing co-operatives that occupied the space say they are losing hope of ...