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Abbazia di Sant'Antimo

Abbazia di Sant'Antimo (Abbey of Sant'Antimo), a former Benedictine abbey in the Starcia valley near Montalcino, Tuscany. Romanesque church begun 1118 under Abbot Guidone after an Ardengheschi donation; Carolingian crypt attested 813; suppressed by Pius II in 1462.

Apa Senouthou (monastery)

Apa Senouthou monastery, the White Monastery (Dayr al-Abyad, Dayr Anba Shinudah) near Sohag, Egypt: Coptic monastery founded c. 350 by Pgol, led by Shenoute 385–465, with a fifth-century temple-like basilica church.

Fontenay Abbey

The Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Abbaye cistercienne de Fontenay) is a former Cistercian monastery in Marmagne, northern Burgundy, France, founded by Bernard of Clairvaux in 1118 in a marshy valley.

Great Mosque of Aleppo

Great Mosque of Aleppo (Jāmiʿ Ḥalab al-Kabīr), the Great Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo's Old City, Syria. Founded early 8th century, Seljuk minaret of 1090 collapsed 2013; restored with Chechen funding and reopened October 8, 2026.

Jameh Mosque of Isfahan

Masjed-e Jāmé (Jameh/Atiq Mosque) of Isfahan, Iran's oldest Friday mosque, begun 841, prototype of the four-iwan plan and double-shell ribbed domes, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012.

Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley

Monastery of Geghard (Geghardavank, formerly Ayrivank), a rock-cut medieval Armenian monastery in the Upper Azat Valley, Kotayk; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, cathedral of 1215, Holy Spear relic.

Sabiona

Sabiona (Säben), the "Holy Mountain" above Chiusa, South Tyrol: early medieval bishop's seat moved to Brixen, Benedictine nuns 1686-2021, Cistercians of Heiligenkreuz since 2024.

Studenica Monastery

Studenica Monastery (Манастир Студеница) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery in central Serbia, founded in 1186 by Stefan Nemanja, Serbia's biggest and wealthiest Orthodox monastery, inscribed by UNESCO in 1986.

Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire

Sudanese style mosques in northern Côte d’Ivoire: eight earthen mosques at Tengréla, Kouto, Sorobango, Samatiguila, Nambira, Kong and Kaouara, UNESCO World Heritage since 2021, criteria (ii) and (iv).

Surb Stepanos Vank

Surb Stepanos Vank, also known as Maghardavank or Darashamb, is an Armenian monastery in northern Iran on the Araxes river near Julfa, a medieval center for calligraphy.

Thanahat Church

Thanahat Church (Թանահատ), main church of Tanahat Monastery in Vayots Dzor, Armenia; Surb Stepanos built 1273–1279 under the Proshians, proposed site of Gladzor University.

The Refectory

The Refectory, Petworth Road, Easebourne, West Sussex: a Grade I listed 13th-century former refectory of Easebourne Priory, Augustinian canonesses dissolved 1536, now a house; listed 18 June 1959, entry 1026017.

Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat

Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (วัดพระมหาธาตุวรมหาวิหาร), a Theravada Buddhist monastery in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, founded in the 8th century; inscribed a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2026 under criteria (ii)(vi), Thailand's ninth World Heritage property.