A fortified monastery was built between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

Before the Muslim conquest it served an Arab Christian center and contained a fortified monastery.

At the same time, a fortified monastery of Benedictine nuns was built by the church.

Sucevița was a princely residence as well as a fortified monastery.

Pievaccia, remains of a large fortified medieval monastery.

In the distance Zoe could see what looked like a fortified monastery and she began to suspect that this was where they were bound.

For three weeks the fortified monastery had been their prison.

After about 300 years, a fortified monastery was built between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries.

Although in a less spectacular setting, Poblet was a more heavily fortified monastery, standing within its own crenellated outer walls.

In the 17th century, the village belonged to Sapieha family, who founded a fortified monastery and a palace here.