For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most ...

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Over-tourism at sites like China's Buddhist grottoes and under-tourism affecting Albania's Drino Valley monasteries demonstrate the varying challenges faced by cultural heritage in the tourism sector.

Erdene Zuu Buddhist Monastery, Mongolia Addressing climate impacts at one ... Belfast Assembly Rooms, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Local advocates aim to repair and repurpose one of Belfast's ...

(AFP/representative) The magnitude 6.8 quake reduced to rubble roofs and walls at a monastery and a nunnery about 15 km (nine miles) east of the epicentre in Tingri county, China Tibet Online ...

Like Loch Ness in Scotland, the Shannon Estuary in Ireland has long been home to ... the Cathaigh from the island before establishing a monastery there, according to the University of Limerick.