Each of the cloisters is about 100 feet in length. They date mainly from the 13th to the 15th centuries and were used for meditation and exercise by the Benedictine monks of Westminster. They provided ...

The church and three-wing monastery embrace an ‘open’ courtyard. In the past, it was surrounded with galleries, but the entrance to the cloister garden had to be cut in the portal of the southern ...

The third and innermost enclosure is fortified and includes the church, cloister and monastic rooms. The defensive wall is crenulated and is strengthened by a series of square or polygonal towers, two ...

"Pandhof next to the Dom Church." Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It ...

although only 24 were left when Henry VIII dissolved the monastery in 1540. But the community also included many lay servants, masons, and almsmen. Only the Pyx Chamber and the Undercroft in the ...

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of ...