Tag: “St Josephs Monastery”

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  1. Looking out at the St. Lawrence River

    A view from Ile d'Orleans.

  2. The Forgotten Staircase

    A crumbling staircase behind an old church on Ile d'Orleans.

  3. Un Livre Ouvert (An Open Book)

    On pont Victoria at the edge of the snowy, frozen St. Lawrence River.

    I was in Montréal for a conference, and decided to spend a lot of time outside the hotel, walking around the city, particularly old Montréal.

  4. Lady in Red

    Castries, the main city in St Lucia, in the caribbean , people hung out in the streets, all the time, friendly and happily.

  5. For the birds

    With at least twice as many birds as tourists, both co-habitat contently in St. Mark's Square in Venice

  6. Murbach Abbey

    Murbach Abbey (Abbaye de Murbach) is located in the foothills of the Voges, below the Grand Ballon, in southern Alsace, a few kilometers outside the small town of Guebwiller.

    Founded in 727AD it features a beautiful church (Saint Legere), one of the earliest vaulted Romanesque structures, but sadly it isn't complete anymore - during the French Revolution the church's nave and many of the other buidings of the monastery were destroyed.

  7. Paro Rinpung Dzong

    Paro Rinpung Dzong was built in the mid 17th century to protect against invasion by Tibet. Dzongs originally served three purposes: fortress, local administrative center, and monastery.

  8. st. augustine, fl

    On September 8, 1565, this city was founded by Pedro Menendez de Aviles, and named St. Augustine because his fleet had reached the Florida shores on the day of the festival of St.

  9. Bogolyubovo

    Bogolyubovo, a small yet historic settlement on Russia's famed Golden Ring, was founded in approximately 1158 by Prince Andrei Bogolyubski. It is currently the location of the Bogolyubski Monastery and the Church of the Intercession on the Nerl.

  10. Knyaginin Monastery

    The Knyaginin Monastery is actually a convent (the Russian word monastyr is used for both monasteries and convents), founded in Vladimir in the 17th century.