Developer Tony Gelderman is revising plans to turn the Poor Clare Monastery in Uptown New Orleans into high end condos, with new plans to build fewer much larger units -- with a higher price tag.

The broken clay tiles were kept in a toffee tin for nearly six decades. English Heritage In the 1960s, 9-year-old Simon White visited a medieval English monastery with his family. Encouraged by his ...

Step inside an abandoned monastery where silence, decay, and centuries of history come together in a haunting atmosphere. This urban exploration uncovers long-forgotten religious spaces, architectural ...

SummaryThe Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Tagbilaran City, Bohol's first contemplative monastery, celebrated its 35th founding anniversary on Pentecost Sunday, ...

The tires buzz as the Volkswagen races over the rumble strips, my eyes scanning for radar guns and speed cameras. The relentless Washington suburban sprawl is ever-present, more highways, slap-dash ...

The Orthodox Monastery of St Catherine stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law. The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel ...

On the north side of the Himalaya sits the partially reconstructed Tibetan Buddhist monastery of Rongbuk, once the largest monastic center in the region. Rongbuk is the power place through which all ...

Editors' note, January 21, 2016: According to news reports this week, satellite images have confirmed that militants from the Islamic State destroyed Dair Mar Elia, Iraq's oldest Christian monastery. ...