Ireland, County Kerry, Killarney, Muckross Abbey, founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor.

Ireland, County Kerry, Killarney, Muckross Abbey, founded in 1448 as a Franciscan friary for the Observantine Franciscans by Donal McCarthy Mor.

Spain, Castile, Segovia, Monasterio de Santa María del Parral, founded by King Henry IV of Castile in the 1450's, cloister with the Alcazar in the background .

Spain, Castile, Segovia, Monasterio de Santa María del Parral, founded by King Henry IV of Castile in the 1450's.

Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck, Facade of Wilten Abbey which was a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1138 with the current church dating from 1665.

Austria, Tyrol, Innsbruck, Facade of Wilten Abbey which was a Premonstratensian monastery founded in 1138 with the current church dating from 1665.

Ireland, County Donegal, Inishowen Peninsula, Culdaff, Clonca monastic site, the 17th century planter's church ruin is believed to have been built on the foundation of an earlier church associated wit...

Ireland, County Roscommon, Boyle, The Cloister of Boyle Abbey which was founded in 1161 by Cistercian monks.

Ireland, County Roscommon, Boyle, The Cloister of Boyle Abbey which was founded in 1161 by Cistercian monks.

Ireland, County Roscommon, Boyle, Boyle Abbey which was founded in 1161 by Cistercian monks, the North Aisle with its 21st century glass and timber cover which protects the area from future erosion da...

Ireland, County Roscommon, Boyle, Boyle Abbey which was founded in 1161 by Cistercian monks, the 21st century conserved North Aisle, Nave and Cloister.

England, Oxfordshire, Oxford, Brasenose College founded as a college in 1509 and viewed here from the tower of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin with the green dome of the Sheldonian Theatr...