🏛️ Monastery Ruins of the World

These are the world's notable monastery ruins — the surviving walls, cloisters and churches of abbeys and monastic houses, often left roofless after dissolution or war and now cherished as quiet historic landscapes. Each profile shows where the ruin is, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

172 monastery ruins from 15 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any monastery ruin for its full profile.

Asia (1) Europe (171)

Asia (1 monastery ruins)

Europe (171 monastery ruins)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.