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Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Serial Greek World Heritage site (inscribed 1990) grouping three middle Byzantine monasteries: Daphni near Athens, Hosios Loukas in Phocida, and Nea Moni on Chios, with 11th-12th century gold-ground mosaics and octagonal domed churches.
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin: serial UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lori, Armenia, inscribed 1996 and extended 2000; 10th-13th century Armenian monastic complexes blending Byzantine and Caucasian vernacular architecture.
Monastero di San Mamiliano
Monastero di San Mamiliano, or Abbazia di San Mamiliano, a former Benedictine and Camaldolese monastery on Montecristo island, Tuscany, at about 400 m elevation; twelfth-century granite church with tau plan, abbots from Silvegio (902) to De Bellis (1555), linked to the Dumas treasure legend.
Monastery
A monastery, also called a religious house, is a complex of buildings where monks or nuns live under religious vows; Christian monasticism arose in Egypt in the early 4th century.
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.
Monastery of Hilandar
Hilandar (Greek: Χιλανδαρίου, Serbian: Хиландар) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos in northern Greece, founded in 1198 by Stefan Nemanja and his son Saint Sava.
Monastery of Iviron
The Monastery of Iviron (Ιερά Μονή Ιβήρων) is a monastery on Mount Athos in northern Greece, founded by Georgian monks around 980 and ranked third among Athonite monasteries.
Monastery of Oseira
The Monastery of Santa María la Real de Oseira is a Cistercian monastery in Ourense, Galicia, Spain, founded in 1137 and still home to Trappist monks.
Monastery of Saint Catherine (Sinai)
The Monastery of Saint Catherine is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt, founded in the 6th century under Justinian I, the oldest still in use.
Monastery of Saint Sava (Serbia)
The Monastery of Saint Sava, also called Mileševa Monastery, is a Serbian Orthodox monastery near Prijepolje, Serbia, founded in the 13th century by King Vladislav.
Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites
Qal'at Sem'an (Monastery of Saint Simeon Stylites), also called Church of Saint Simeon, is a ruined 5th-century pilgrimage complex in northwest Syria built around the pillar of Simeon Stylites (d. 459), with a cruciform martyrium, baptistery, and monastery; UNESCO-listed in 2011.
Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll is a Benedictine monastery in Ripoll, Catalonia, founded in 879 by Count Guifré el Pelós and rebuilt in 1032.
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon (Mosteiro dos Jerónimos, Torre de Belém): serial UNESCO World Heritage site, inscribed 1983, criteria (iii)(vi), Manueline monuments of Manuel I on the Tagus.
Monastery of Vatopedi
The Monastery of Vatopedi (Ιερά Μονή Βατοπεδίου) is one of the twenty monasteries of Mount Athos in northern Greece, ranked second and rebuilt in 972.
Monastic Island of Reichenau
Monastic Island of Reichenau (Klosterinsel Reichenau), a Lake Constance island in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, site of a Benedictine monastery founded in 724 by Pirmin; UNESCO World Heritage since 2000 with three medieval churches and Ottonian wall paintings.
Monasticism
Monasticism is a religious way of life in which people withdraw from ordinary society to live under a rule, organizing their days around prayer, work, and study.
Monastir, Tunisia
Monastir (المنستير) is a peninsula city and port on Tunisia's eastern coast, capital of Monastir governorate (599,769 inhabitants, 2024). Known for its 796 ribat, Bourguiba's birthplace and mausoleum, beach tourism, textiles, and an eroding, eutrophic bay.
Monastyrsky Prikaz
The Monastyrsky Prikaz (Монастырский приказ) was a Muscovite state chancellery that administered church estates and judged the clergy, created in 1649 and finally closed in 1725.
Monastyrsky Zoopark
Монастырский зоопарк (monastic zoo): small monastery-run animal collections, chiefly the mini-zoo at Nikolo-Peshnoshsky Monastery near Dmitrov (camel, llama, yaks, peacocks), plus similar Russian monastery zoos and the unrelated former zoo on Monastyrsky Island, Dnipro.
Monastyryshche Raion
Monastyryshche Raion (Монастирищенський район) was a district in western Cherkasy oblast, Ukraine, centered on Monastyryshche; formed 1923, 719 km², abolished 2020 into Uman raion, distinct from Ternopil's Monastyryska Raion.
Monastyryska Raion
Monastyryska Raion (Монастириський район) was a district of Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Monastyryska; area 558 km², 34,552 people (2001); abolished 19 July 2020 and merged into Chortkiv Raion. Distinct from Monastyryshchenskyi Raion in Cherkasy Oblast.
Monazite
Monazite is a rare-earth phosphate mineral and principal ore of the rare earth elements and thorium, occurring mainly in placer sands and supplying most rare earth production until 1964.
Monazite geochronology
Monazite geochronology is a dating method that determines the ages of rocks and metamorphic events from the uranium–thorium–lead isotope system preserved in the phosphate mineral monazite.
Moncayo Massif
Moncayo Massif (Macizo del Moncayo), Iberian Ranges, Spain; Cerro de San Miguel summit 2,314–2,315 m, highest of the range; Aragonese slope protected as Parque Natural del Moncayo (11,144 ha) with Pleistocene glacial cirques.
Moncef Zekri
Moncef Zekri (منصف زيكري), born 2008 in Brussels, is a Moroccan-Belgian left-back who won the 2025 U-17 AFCON with Morocco, played for KV Mechelen, and joined Sporting CP in August 2026 for €3m.
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach, formerly München-Gladbach and Gladbach-Rheydt, is a kreisfreie city in North Rhine-Westphalia near Düsseldorf, founded around the 974 abbey of St. Vitus, with about 277,000 residents, 44 Stadtteile, and a textile-industry heritage.
Monchhichi
Monchhichi (モンチッチ), Japanese plush monkey line by Sekiguchi, launched 1974 in Tokyo; soft vinyl face, pacifier pose; exported from 1975, Mattel-licensed in US until 1985, revived 1996, over 70 million sold.
Moncho Rivera
Moncho Rivera (Ramón Ríos Rivera, born 1965) is a Puerto Rican salsa singer, composer, and percussionist, a nephew of Ismael Rivera who has released five solo albums since 2004.
Monchūjo
The Monchūjo (問注所) was a judicial organ of the Kamakura shogunate, founded by Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1184 and headed by an official called the shitsuji.
Moncler
Moncler, short for Monestier-de-Clermont near Grenoble, is an Italian luxury fashion brand founded in 1952 by René Ramillon and André Vincent, famous for down jackets, the 1954 K2 expedition, Remo Ruffini's 2003 acquisition, and the Stone Island deal.