Wrapping this one up. We have been very strict on this category, but probably rightly so because of gross over-representation:
Stari Ras and Sopocani Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch Abbey of St Gall - home to a renowned library, which is one of the world's oldest and richest Abu Mena - Coptic church (oriental rites), frescoes Armenian Monastic Ensembles Belem - one the most iconic sites in the Iberian peninsula and important also for travel and trade history Benedictine Convent of St. John - Ottonian frescoes Churches and Convents of Goa - introduction of Catholicism to India; representative of Portuguese colonization efforts Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay - to represent early monasticism Convent of Christ in Tomar Corvey Ferapontov Monastery - best representative of mediaeval Russia? Flemish Béguinages - focus is on female religious worship Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda Gelati Monastery Haghpat and Sanahin Island of Patmos - representative of Orthodox pilgrimage site Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba - best example of monumental complex in South America Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos - unique vernacular style, representative for missions Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis - seems like the most relevant group of "missions" in South America Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus Maulbronn Monastery Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Meteora - most visually striking group of monasteries on this list Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios Monastery of Alcobaça Monastery of Batalha Monastery of Geghard Monastery of Horezu Mont-Saint-Michel - stunning location in a bay Mount Athos - This holy mountain in Greece is the spiritual center of the Orthodox Church Novodevichy Convent Pannonhalma Poblet Monastery Popocatepetl monasteries Qadisha Valley Reichenau Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans Rila Monastery - best example in the Balkans outside Greece Saint Catherine Area - One of the world's oldest monasteries, at the foot of Mount Sinai Saint-Savin sur Gartempe San Antonio Missions Santa Maria de Guadelupe Santa Maria delle Grazie - home to Leonardo da Vinci's iconic The Last Supper Sceilg Mhichíl - wonderful setting, exemplifies monastic isolation Solovetsky Islands - representing Russian monasticism in hostile landscape Studenica Monastery Trinity Sergius Lavra - spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal - for Russian architecture in general Yuso and Suso Monasteries |