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15 September 2025

A nun carrying a backpack walks through the Escherturm Gate in Monschau, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on September 5, 2025. The historic stone gate is part of the town's medieval fortifications.

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13 January 2025

Directional signs with 'Umleitung' detour point both ways near the Benediktbeuern Monastery in Benediktbeuern, Bad Toelz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, on January 11, 2025. A banner advertising the monastic brewery hangs on the fence, with the backdrop featuring the monastery's towers and surrounding buildings.

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30 May 2024

A general view of the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Maria (Marienberg Abbey) in Val Venosta valley, near Bolzano, Italy, on May 23, 2024. It has maintained a long tradition of education and, at 1,340 m, it is Europe’s highest abbey. It retains a Baroque style with Romanesque elements, and has some well-maintained frescos.

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30 May 2024

A general view of the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Maria (Marienberg Abbey) in Val Venosta valley, near Bolzano, Italy, on May 23, 2024. It has maintained a long tradition of education and, at 1,340 m, it is Europe’s highest abbey. It retains a Baroque style with Romanesque elements, and has some well-maintained frescos.

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31 January 2024

An aerial view is showing the Saint Francis Monastery in the city center of Olinda, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, on January 27, 2024.

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25 December 2023

The bell tower at St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery is being pictured in Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 24, 2023, on Christmas Eve. Ukrainian Orthodox Christians are celebrating Christmas on December 25 for the first time this year, as the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has adopted the Gregorian calendar instead of the Julian calendar.

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18 December 2023

Convent of Saint Agostino in Sassi di Matera, in Matera, Italy, as seen on December 17, 2023. The Sassi di Matera are a network of ancient cave dwellings and structures, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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11 December 2023

Certosa di San Martino Cloister is seen in Naples, Italy, on December 7th, 2023.

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23 November 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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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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9 July 2023

Monastic buildings in the Sumela Monastery, which is a Greek Orthodox monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Its foundation dates back to the 4th century, and is located in a steep cliff at an altitude of about 1,200 meters, within the Pontic Mountains of the Black Sea region of Turkey. On 7 jully, 2023 in Trabzon, Turkey.

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