Tag: monastery

  • The Oldest and Lowest City in the World - Jericho, Israel

    written by jogintas on 2009-07-08 #places
    The Oldest and Lowest City in the World - Jericho, Israel

    Jericho is the lowest permanently inhabited site on earth. It is also believed to be one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. Want to join?

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  • A Visit to Melk Abbey and Its Magnificent Library

    written by pomps on 2011-11-30 #places
    A Visit to Melk Abbey and Its Magnificent Library

    Overlooking the Danube River, on the top of a cliff, sits the overwhelming Melk Abbey. An impressive Baroque-style monastery located in the Austrian vineyard region of the Wachau.

  • Geghard Monastery

    written by wil6ka on 2009-01-22 #places
    Geghard Monastery

    If you aim high you have to take steep steps. That would be the perfect description for the Geghard Monastery in Armenia. This outstanding example for religious architecture is not short of awkward atributes, which made it a UNESCO world heritage. Geghard was originally named Ayrivank, which means "monastery of the cave" and that surely is the allegory that fits this monument best because it is assembled in the natural landscape of the mountains and becomes a part of the stones. It was built in 1215 at site of a sacred cave-spring.