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Nir > Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Nir > Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Nir > Stock photo of the church at the Monastery of Franciscan Friars on Mount Tabor, Israel. Shot January 2008.
Nir > Stock photo of Monasterboice, Mainistir Bhuithe in Irish, dating back to the 10th century. Three high crosses belong to the scriptual group, so called because of the bible scenes they depict.
Nir > Stock photo of Monasterboice, Mainistir Bhuithe in Irish, dating back to the 10th century. Three high crosses belong to the scriptual group, so called because of the bible scenes they depict. The round tower, standing over 100 feet tall, served as a watch tower and community refuge in case of attack. The tower cap was damaged by fire in 1098. Shot October 2007.
Nir > Stock photo of Monasterboice, Mainistir Bhuithe in Irish, dating back to the 10th century. Shot October 2007.
Nir > Montserrate Catalonia
Nir > Stock photo of Yochanan in the Desert Monastery, on the edge of Even sapir near Jerusalem Israel. Shot July 2007.
Nir > Stock photo of the Hagia Maria Sion Abbey Dormition of Our Lady Monastery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, Israel. Built on the location of the Last Supper according to tradition this is also where Mary lived and died. The land was bought by the German Emperor Wilhelm II from the Turkish Sultan Abdul Hamid in 1898. The first Benedictine monks arrived in 1906.
Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Nir > Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
Founded as a Benedictine monastery in 1093, Fontfroide joined the order of the Cistercians in 1145. Fontfroide dominated the entire region in the 13th and 14th centuries. Monastic life ended at Fontfroide in 1901 and in 1908 it was sold into private hands. Shot September 2008.
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