A girl with hat in front of the San Antonio de Padua Convent in Izamal, Yucatan, Mexico. (MR)

Santa Maria del Monte in winter from the Campo dei Fiori. Campo dei Fiori, Varese, Parco Campo dei Fiori, Lombardy, Italy.

France, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, Vaucluse, Parc Naturel Regional du Luberon (Natural Regional Park of Luberon), municipality of Gordes, field of lavender in front of the Cistercian Abbey Notre Dame...

Interior of the Round church (charola) decorated with late Gothic painting and sculptures, Convent of the Order of Christ, Tomar, Centro, Portugal

Portugal, Lisbon, Jeronimos Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Woman sitting by window( MR)

Americas, South America, Brazil, Bahia, Salvador, detail of rococo decoration inside the Convent of St. francis in the World Heritage listed colonial city centre

France, Calvados, Caen, the Abbaye aux Hommes (Men Abbey), cloister and Saint Etienne abbey church

Smolny Cathedral (Sobor) by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, built between 1748 & 1764, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Real Monasterio de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe (Royal Monastery of Santa Maria of Guadalupe), a Unesco World Heritage Site. Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain

Spain, Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, ' Triple spiral staircase of floating stairs, Convent of Santo Domingo de Bonaval

Afonso III Statue in front of the Monastery of Nossa Senhora da Assuncao, Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Palestine, West Bank, Bethlehem Governorate, Al-Ubeidiya. Mar Saba monastery, built into the cliffs of the Kidron Valley in the Judean Desert.

Santa Clara Church, interior, Bogota, Capital District, Colombia

Italy, Lombardy, Pavia, Certosa di Pavia, monastery of the 14th century from late Gothic

France, Saone et Loire, Paray le Monial, the Sacred Heart basilica and the convent buildings from the banks of the Bourbince river

Saint Francis Church, Salta, Argentina

The Charola, with its origin in the 12th century, was the Templar Knight's oratorium within the Convent of Christ. a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Tomar, Portugal

Church of St George of the Voronet Monastry, exterior wall paintings representing the biblical scene The Last Judgment, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Europe, Portugal, Tomar, UNESCO World Heritage listed Convent of Christ and castle of the Knights Templar

Smolny Cathedral, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Convent Of Agios Savvas Above Pothia, Kalymnos, Dodecanese, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Mexico, Yucatan State, Izamal, the yellow town, Franciscan Convent of San Antonio de Padua (Saint Anthony of Padua)

Cuba, Trinidad, View of Musuem National de la Luncha Contra Bandidos - former convent of San Francisco de Asis

View of Potosi from rooftop of Covento de San Francisco, Potosi (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Bolivia

Russia, Moscow, Khamovniki-area, Novodevichy Monastery

Batalha Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Portugal

Mexico, Yucatan, Izamal. The Franciscan Convent of San Antonio de Padua, built by Juan de Merida between 1553 and 1561. The huge atrium is surrounded by an arcade of 75 arches.

Russia, The Golden Ring, Pereyaslavl-Zalessky or Pereslavl-Zalessky, St Nicholas Convent

A girl with hat sitting in front of the temple church and ex-convent of Santo Domingo in colonial architecture, Uayma, Yucatan, Mexico. (MR)

The main facade of the temple church and ex-convent of Santo Domingo in colonial architecture, Uayma, Yucatan, Mexico.

A detail over the main facade of the temple church and ex-convent of Santo Domingo in colonial architecture, Uayma, Yucatan, Mexico.

Poland, Lesser Poland, Krakow, old town (Stare Mastro), listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Rynek, Church of the Holy Trinity and Dominican convent

Italy, Sicily, Taormina, San Domenico Palace hotel, living room in the former refectory of a Dominican convent transformed into a legendary hotel owned by the Four Seasons group

Germany, Bade Wurttemberg, Lake Constance (Bodensee), Salem, Castle and former Cistercian abbey of Salem, Library

Germany, Bade Wurttemberg, Lake Constance (Bodensee), Salem, Castle and former Cistercian abbey of Salem, Salem Castle, Imperial Hall (Kaisersaal), Leopold the 1st statue

France, Provence, Bouches du Rhone, Regional Natural Park of the Alpilles, Saint Remy de Provence, Saint Paul de Mausole Monastery where Van Gogh lived in 1889-1890, the cloister

The Holy Transfiguration monastery in Avdellero, Larnaca District, Cyprus

The Arrabida Monastery, dating back to the 16th century, in the Arrabida Nature Park. Setubal, Portugal

Cloisters of the 15th century Convento de Jesus (Jesus Convent) designed by the architect Diogo Boitaca in 1494. It is one of the first examples of Manueline Style in the portuguese architecture. Setu...