Tag: “St Josephs Monastery”

26 places found.

  1. St. Joseph's Monastery

    The monastery of St. Joseph al-Dahr in Jrabta, Batroun, Lebanon was built in 1897 by the Lebanese Maronite Order.

  2. Murbach Abbey

    Murbach Abbey (Abbaye de Murbach) is located in the foothills of the Voges, below the Grand Ballon, in southern Alsace, a few kilometers outside the small town of Guebwiller.

    Founded in 727AD it features a beautiful church (Saint Legere), one of the earliest vaulted Romanesque structures, but sadly it isn't complete anymore - during the French Revolution the church's nave and many of the other buidings of the monastery were destroyed.

  3. Paro Rinpung Dzong

    Paro Rinpung Dzong was built in the mid 17th century to protect against invasion by Tibet. Dzongs originally served three purposes: fortress, local administrative center, and monastery.

  4. st. augustine, fl

    On September 8, 1565, this city was founded by Pedro Menendez de Aviles, and named St. Augustine because his fleet had reached the Florida shores on the day of the festival of St.

  5. Bogolyubovo

    Bogolyubovo, a small yet historic settlement on Russia's famed Golden Ring, was founded in approximately 1158 by Prince Andrei Bogolyubski. It is currently the location of the Bogolyubski Monastery and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl.

  6. Knyaginin Monastery

    The Knyaginin Monastery is actually a convent (the Russian word monastyr is used for both monasteries and convents), founded in Vladimir in the 17th century.

  7. St. Francis Soda Fountain

    A picture-perfect diner that originally opened in 1918, now under new management by a team that has kept the old ambiance alive. If you're visiting San Francisco from another country, this is a great place to get a genuine slice of Americana.

  8. Duckworth St.

  9. Sergiev Posad Trinity Monastery

    Founded in 1345, the Sergiev Posad Trinity Monastery (also called the The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius), located in the small community of Sergiev Posad (formerly Zagorsk), approximately one and a half hours outside of Moscow by train is one of the most beautiful monasteries in all of Russia.

  10. Ile d'Orleans

    L'ile d'Orleans is an island in the St. Lawrence River just outside Quebec City.