Sentence examples for ancient monastery from inspiring English sources

LO MANTHANG, Nepal — Dozens of painters sat atop scaffolding that soared toward the roof of an ancient monastery.

The production was aided by the Shaolin Temple, an ancient monastery that in recent years has become increasingly commercial.

There are ancient monasteries nestled on craggy cliff-tops — and the terminal at the international airport resembles an ancient monastery.

As the centenary of the 1915 tragedy looms Turkey is waging a counter campaign and an ancient monastery in Turkey's mainly Kurdish south-east is feeling the heat.

Between the two passes lay Shey Gompa, the ancient monastery of the Crystal Mountain, one of the holiest peaks in Tibetan Buddhism.

With its winding stone pathways, statuary, fountains and seemingly antique small buildings, the garden could be part of an ancient monastery.

Coptic Christianity has its own unique style, with touching, almost naive portraits and manuscripts, ancient monasteries and churches.

Today, there are 93 government-owned sites as part of the chain Paradores de Turismo de España, most of them in ancient monasteries, medieval castles and Moorish forts.

The city is a tourist gateway to ancient monasteries and a world-famous panda reserve that sit at the heart of the disaster zone.

It's a suitably uplifting welcome to visitors to this remote kingdom, a place of ancient monasteries, fluttering prayer flags and staggering natural beauty.

So much so in fact, that we stayed for five weeks, trekking through the high valleys, exploring the ancient monasteries and bedding down in a variety of hovels.