The odds are that your newly discovered wonder is or was a church founded by the Catholic monks of the mediaeval Cistercian Order, and that it has been inspiring people to ask that same question for ...

Chanel’s signature monochrome palette — the brand’s emblematic black and white — also seems to echo the visual simplicity of ...

With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of self-sufficiency as practised by the earliest communities of Cistercian ...

This Cistercian abbey in Catalonia is one of the largest in Spain. At its centre is a 12th-century church. The austere, majestic monastery, which has a fortified royal residence and contains the ...

Founded in 1147, the Cistercian Maulbronn Monastery is considered the most ... the main buildings were constructed between the 12th and 16th centuries. The monastery's church, mainly in Transitional ...