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#13670686
6 May 2026
The cloister courtyard of the Franciscan Sanctuary of La Verna in the Casentino mountains, Arezzo province, Tuscany, Italy, is photographed on April 9, 2026, through a gothic-arched leaded-glass window. Residual late-season snow covers the low cloister roof and corners of the flagstone yard, which is unusual for early spring at 1,128 meters elevation. A stone well with a wooden pitched canopy and hanging iron bucket occupies the center of the courtyard. The warm afternoon light illuminates the sandstone monastery walls. Founded in 1213 after Count Orlando Cattani donated Monte della Verna to St. Francis of Assisi, the sanctuary has functioned as an active Franciscan community for over eight centuries, with its architecture remaining substantially unchanged since the medieval period.
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#13670698
6 May 2026
A central stone well topped by a square wooden pitched canopy is seen in the cloister courtyard of the Franciscan Sanctuary of La Verna in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, on April 9, 2026. Residual late-season snow borders the perimeter of the stone-paved yard and dusts the slate cloister roof. The surrounding monastery walls of rough local sandstone are pierced by arched windows with leaded glass panes. The geometry of the iron bars frames the well and its hanging iron bucket. The Franciscan community was established on this Apennine mountain in the 13th century.
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#11454065
4 Aug 2024
A man is walking in the monastery yard under Greek and Cypriot flags in Kykkos, Cyprus, on August 4, 2024. President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides is attending the memorial service for Archbishop Makarios III, the first president of the Republic of Cyprus, from 1960-1977.
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#11454066
4 Aug 2024
The monastery's yard is being decorated with Greek and Cypriot flags in Kykkos, Cyprus, on August 4, 2024. President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides is attending the memorial service for Archbishop Makarios III, the first president of the Republic of Cyprus, from 1960-1977.
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#10803831
23 Nov 2023
A view of the bell tower of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is seen from the monastery yard in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 22, 2023.
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#9913920
15 Apr 2023
Monks walk on the yard in St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine on Orthodox Easter Saturday - April 15, 2023. Most of Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians or Greek Catholic Christians, both observe the eastern rite of Easter. Kyiv remains relatively peaceful as the Russian invasion continuous and Ukraine prepares for a spring counter-offensive to retake Ukrainian land occupied by Russia.
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#5748680
2 Jun 2020
A general view of the Florivsky nunnery yard in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2020. The seventh Russia-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church monastery locked for quarantine in Ukraine due to coronavirus outbreak. 26 active COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Ascension nunnery (also known as Florivsky monastery) downtown Kyiv.
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#5748684
2 Jun 2020
A general view of the Florivsky nunnery yard is seen through the barbed wire fence in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2020. The seventh Russia-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church monastery locked for quarantine in Ukraine due to coronavirus outbreak. 26 active COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Ascension nunnery (also known as Florivsky monastery) downtown Kyiv.
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#5748682
2 Jun 2020
A woman with her head covered walks through the Florivsky nunnery yard in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2020. The seventh Russia-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church monastery locked for quarantine in Ukraine due to coronavirus outbreak. 26 active COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Ascension nunnery (also known as Florivsky monastery) downtown Kyiv.
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#5748672
2 Jun 2020
A woman with her head covered and a face mask on walks through the Florivsky nunnery yard in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2020. The seventh Russia-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church monastery locked for quarantine in Ukraine due to coronavirus outbreak. 26 active COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Ascension nunnery (also known as Florivsky monastery) downtown Kyiv.
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#5748696
2 Jun 2020
A woman with her head covered and a face mask on walks through the Florivsky nunnery yard in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 1, 2020. The seventh Russia-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church monastery locked for quarantine in Ukraine due to coronavirus outbreak. 26 active COVID-19 cases were confirmed in The Ascension nunnery (also known as Florivsky monastery) downtown Kyiv.
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#5656272
26 Apr 2020
Nuns are seen walking in a monastery in Warsaw, Poland on April, 25, 2020. Poland has slowly been curbing restrictions on public life during the coronavirus epidemic and has announced it wil open playgrounds and allow major sporting events on May 4.
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#5628458
14 Apr 2020
Nuns are seen walking in the garden of their monastery in central Warsaw, Poland on April 12, 2020. Poland has been on lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus since March 22. The government has announced further restrictions taking effect on April 16 including the mandatory wearing of facial masks in public.
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#5628460
14 Apr 2020
Nuns are seen walking in the garden of their monastery in central Warsaw, Poland on April 12, 2020. Poland has been on lockdown to combat the spread of the coronavirus since March 22. The government has announced further restrictions taking effect on April 16 including the mandatory wearing of facial masks in public.
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#5574524
23 Mar 2020
A nun is seen pruning boscage at a monastery in central Warsaw, Poland on March 23, 2020.
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#5574526
23 Mar 2020
A nun is seen pruning boscage at a monastery in central Warsaw, Poland on March 23, 2020.
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