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Although the French suppressed, or dissolved, the monastery in 1803, its volumes were preserved.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The textiles are handwoven in a former monastery in Segovia, about 60 miles north of the city.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Previous Picks Aflame by Pico Iyer (Riverhead) Nonfiction For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Evidence of such activities is seen in the monastery of Wettingen, near Zurich in Switzerland.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The textiles are handwoven in a former monastery in Segovia, about 60 miles north of the city.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
Previous Picks Aflame by Pico Iyer (Riverhead) Nonfiction For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.
—The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2025
Evidence of such activities is seen in the monastery of Wettingen, near Zurich in Switzerland.
—Virginia Raguin, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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