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View from the west. The original monastery building at Conques was an eighth-century oratory built by monks fleeing the Saracens in Spain. [2] The original chapel was destroyed in the eleventh century in order to facilitate the creation of a much larger church [4] as the arrival of the relics of Sainte-Foy caused the pilgrimage route to shift from Agen to Conques. [2]
Monastery of Our Lady of Charity is a historic church monastery at 1900 Montana in San Antonio, Texas. It was built in 1899 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. References
Frost Bank Center (formerly AT&T Center and SBC Center) is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the east side of San Antonio, Texas, United States.It is the home of the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
January 5, 1984 (316 E. Commerce St. San Antonio: Part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 3: Alamo National Bank Building: Alamo National Bank Building
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]
Albenga Charterhouse or Toirano Charterhouse (Certosa di San Pietro dei Monti di Toirano or Certosa di Monte San Pietro), Albenga (Savona) (1315–1799; previously a Benedictine monastery, San Pietro dei Monti, united in 1315 to Casotto Charterhouse; became autonomous c.1320; transferred to buildings further down the same valley in 1495)
The Discalced Carmelite Friars began serving the surrounding parish community in San Antonio in 1926. The basilica was thus constructed during the Great Depression (1929–1931) and today stands as a monument to the great faith of devotees of St. Thérèse from throughout the United States and the world.
The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.