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WHAT ARE MONASTERIES?Historically - Christian monks were hermits who wanted to live

alone to study and pray.Challenges it was difficult to take care of basic necessities.Solution - Monks started to form groups where it was easier to

address these challenges, and eventually lived in monasteries.

Monasteries monos means alone, in !reek" are buildingsoccupied by a community of priests living in solitude.

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FUNCTIONS#he greatest contribution was the field of education - #he monks inthe monasteries were some of the few people in the Middle $geswho knew how to read and write. #hey provided education to therest of the world. #he monks also wrote books and recordedevents. %f it wasn&t for these books, we would know very little aboutwhat happened during the Middle $ges.Monasteries were places where travellers could stay during theMiddle $ges as there were very few inns during that time. #heyalso helped to feed the poor, take care of the sick, and providededucation to boys in the local community.

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Some famous Monasteries - 1

Orval Mount At os

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Orval A&&e" is a Cister%ianmonaster" in el(ium#foun'e' in 11./* T e a&&e" is$ell 0no$n for its istor" an's+iritual life &ut also for itslo%al +ro'u%tion of t eTra++ist &eer Orval an' as+e%ifi% % eese*

One of t e ol'est C ristianmonaster" in t e $orl'# t eMonaster" of St* Cat erinenear Mount Sinai 'ates fromt e earliest "ears of t e fait *Its formi'a&le $alls# $ere

&uilt &" t e ")antineem+eror ustinian in t e 2t%entur"*

St* Cat erine

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3iev Al%o&a&a

T e Al%o&a4a Monaster" is aRoman Cat oli% Monaster" in%entral 5ortu(al* It $asfoun'e' &" t e first5ortu(uese 3in(# AfonsoHenri6ues# in 117.* T e% ur% an' monaster" $eret e first 8ot i% &uil'in(s in5ortu(al*

T e 3iev 5e% ers0 9avra%ontains numerousar% ite%tural monuments#ran(in( from e 8reat 9avraellto$er# t e nota&le featureof t e 3iev s0"line# to%at e'rals to un'er(roun'%ave s"stems an' to stron(stone fortifi%ation $alls*

Met:ora ;is in 8ree%e# &uilt onsan'stone ro%0 +illars* A%%ess$as 'iffi%ult# re6uirin(la''ers las e' to(et er* T isre6uire' a lea+ of fait t ero+es $ere re+la%e' onl"