The monastery was originally dedicated to the memory of the fourth-century ascetic Bishoi [Pshoi], but in the 1990s the church was additionally dedicated to his contemporary Bigol [Pcol]. For these ...

There’s something unforgettable about medieval monasteries: they weren’t just places of worship—they were fortresses of faith, libraries of knowledge, and safe havens built in the most dramatic ...

Network of Architecture has turned a former monastery in Italy into the Monastero Arx Vivendi hotel by conserving and refreshing the interiors and inserting a series of glazed spa rooms into its ...

Dr. Avishai Teicher, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.5 In the early centuries of Christianity, ascetics took a liking to living in the caves around Jerusalem. Around 420 CE, there was a whole cluster of ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...

Among the most tragic losses of the many antiquities destroyed in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been the destruction of Iraq’s seriously understudied medieval architecture.

The Minorite monastery, a special monument, has been renovated and will be accessible to the public. The aim of the project is to turn the city into a tourist destination and develop the creative and ...

Armenia, located in the highlands of West Asia, has just become easier to visit for Europeans. The country of windswept peaks, medieval stone monasteries and a capital city of monumental architecture ...

Dr. Avishai Teicher, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY 2.5 In the early centuries of Christianity, ascetics took a liking to living in the caves around Jerusalem. Around 420 CE, there was a whole cluster of ...