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The Sainte-Foy abbey-church in Conques Church doors and tympanum. The Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy in Conques, France, was a popular stop for pilgrims traveling the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, in what is now Spain. The main draw for medieval pilgrims at Conques were the remains of Sainte-Foy, a young woman martyred during the ...
The original monastery building at Conques was an eighth-century oratory built by monks fleeing the Saracens in Spain. [4] The original chapel was destroyed in the eleventh century in order to facilitate the creation of a much larger church [5] as the arrival of the relics of Sainte-Foy caused the pilgrimage route to shift from Agen to Conques. [6]
Santa María de Vallbona Monastery, Lleida Province; Santa María la Real de Fitero Monastery, Navarre; Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas Monastery, Burgos Province; Santo Domingo de Silos Abbey, Burgos Province; Suso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province; Yuso Monastery, San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja Province
The church standing today is the third to be built on the site. The first two sunk into the soft soil underneath Mexico City and had to be torn down. [2] This church was built between 1710 and 1716. Although the entire building is known as the San Francisco Church, the entrance on Madero Street is actually the entrance to the Balvanera Chapel.
Main facade of the church. San Bernardino de Siena Church is the parish church of the borough of Xochimilco in Mexico City.The church and former monastery complex was built in the 16th century over a former pre-Hispanic temple as part of evangelization efforts after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Dhammadharini Vihara, a Theravāda monastery located in Santa Rosa. [14] Mettā Forest Monastery, a Theravāda monastery located in Valley Center. [15] Shasta Abbey, a Sōtō Zen monastery located in Mount Shasta. [16] Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, a Sōtō Zen monastery located in Carmel Valley, San Diego. [17]
It contains a 1926 pipe organ from the Schoenstein Organ Company of San Francisco, [2] which was enlarged in 1993. During the Beat movement in the 1950s, this church was an influential landmark in part due it is proximity to Caffe Trieste. [4] [5] Gregory Corso notably used this church's steps to perform poetry. [4]
It was the first ever Hindu temple in the Western hemisphere. Months later, the temple withstood the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [1] On December 28, 1914, Swami Trigunatitananda was giving a Sunday service at the temple when he was attacked with explosives by a 14-year-old former student of his. The student died on the scene, while Swami ...