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The Bastille (, ) was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. It was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille.

Novodevichy Convent

convent and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Moscow, Russia

19th century Belarusian fortress

church converted to mosque in Turkey

cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Ferapontov Monastery

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Solovetsky Monastery

Alexander Nevsky Lavra

monastery in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Royal abbey of Fontevraud

abbey located in Maine-et-Loire, in France

Clairvaux Abbey

abbey located in Aube, in France

St Albans Cathedral

cathedral in St Albans, England

Valaam Monastery

monastery in Russia

Port-Royal-des-Champs

thumb|Plan of Port-Royal-des-Champs, after an engraving by Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels,

Donskoy Monastery

monastery in Moscow, Russia

Yuriev Monastery

Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

abbey in France

Royal Saint-Peter's abbey of Jumièges

abbey located in Seine-Maritime, in France

Munkholmen () is an islet in Trondheim Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. The island sits in the Trondheimsfjord about northwest of the island of Brattøra and the mouth of the river Nidelva in the center of the city of Trondheim. The islet has served as a place of execution, a monastery, a fortress, a prison, and a World War II anti-aircraft gun station. Today, Munkholmen is a popular tourist attraction and recreation site.

former monastery in the Rheingau

Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery

monastery in Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan, Russia

Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery

Russian Orthodox male monastery in Pechory, Pskov

Pažaislis Monastery

monastery complex in Lithuania

Simonov Monastery

former monastery in Moscow, Russia

Abbey of St. Victor

abbey located in Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Ipatiev Monastery

Monastery of Saint Euthymius

Eastern Orthodox monastery for men near Kozelsk in Russia

flat-topped mountain, or amba, and a 6th-century monastery in northern Ethiopia

historic site in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Novospassky Monastery

Russian Orthodox monastery in Moscow, Russia

Snagov Monastery

monastery in Ilfov County, Romania

Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit

church in Vilnius

Andronikov Monastery

former monastery in Moscow, Russia

Slovenian abbey

Chudov Monastery

monastery in Russia

Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery

Prison de l'Abbaye

Tewkesbury Abbey

abbey in Gloucestershire, England, UK

Gomirje Monastery

Monastery in Croatia

St. Maximin's Abbey

former Benedictine monastery in Trier, Germany

Church and monastery of the Holy Trinity, Vilnius

church building in Vilnius, Lithuania

Antoniev Monastery

monastery in Veliky Novgorod, Russia

Valday Iversky Monastery

Alexander-Svirsky Monastery

monastery in the Leningrad Oblast

monastery of Comburg

thumb|Aerial view of the Comburg

Stolobny Island

Island on Lake Seliger in Tver Oblast, Russia

Konevsky Monastery

monastery on Konevets Island, Russia

Biaroza Monastery

former Roman Catholic monastery in Byaroza, Belarus

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Vilnius

church building in Vilnius, Lithuania

Epiphany Monastery

monastery in Tverskoy District, Russia

Sarov Monastery

monastery in Sarov, Russia

Ascension Convent

monastery in Moscow

Bernardine Monastery in Lutsk

church in Lutsk, Ukraine

Benediktbeuern Abbey

St. Joseph Church, Minsk

Christian building