watermills) that are abandoned or ruined, or converted into hotels such as Monasterio de Piedra or St. Bernard de Clairvaux Church. Cistercian monasteries are...

Spain Monasterio de Santa María de Huerta in Santa María de Huerta, Spain Monasterio de Santa María la Real de la Oliva in Carcastillo, Spain Monasterio de...

monastery comes from the Greek word μοναστήριον, neut. of μοναστήριος – monasterios from μονάζειν – monazein "to live alone" from the root μόνος – monos...