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Monasterboice (which means "Buithe Monastery") is the remains of a monastic settlement established in the 5th century by St. Buithe. Little is known about the monastery, except that it fell into ruin after the establishment of the nearby Cistercian abbey of Mellifont in 1142. The site includes the remains of two churches built in the 14th century or later and an old round tower, but it is especially famous for its high crosses. The three high crosses date from the 10th century and show biblical scenes.

The Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla are a complex of two monasteries founded in the 6th (San Millán de Suso) and 11th centuries (San Millán de Yuso). The monasteries have changed owners many times (Visigoths, Spaniards, Muslims) and now bear their marks such as the Mozarabic arches inside the Suso building. Both buildings have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1997.

The convent of San Juan de los Reyes is a monastery belonging to the Franciscan order. It was built under the patronage of Queen Isabella I of Castile, from 1477 to 1526, with the aim of transforming it into a royal mausoleum. This is one of the most valuable examples of Isabelline Gothic style.

The Monasterioton Synagogue in Thessaloniki is a Sephardi synagogue built between 1925 and 1927. The synagogue was restored in 1978 and 2016. This Art Deco brick building still serves as a synagogue.

The monastery of Santa Chiara of the Clare nuns, with its church, was founded in 1490. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the monastic complex underwent further extensions and embellishments. In 1694, the church, as it is visible in its present form, was completed. In 1798, the religious complex was suppressed by Napoleon, but the enclosure was officially restored in 1817 after the Restoration of 1815. In 1845, the church was rebuilt in neoclassical style, although the interior retains its Renaissance architectural layout. The façade has a simple plan with two statues in niches. The church contains works by B. Rossi and Luigi Asioli, a Nativity by Giulio Francia and Giacomo Francia, and a Madonna di Soriano of 1639 by Giovanni Maria Botalla.

The monastery of Santa Maria in Valle Christi was a 13th-century monastic complex built for a community of Cistercian nuns who flourished there for almost three hundred years. Replaced by nuns of the Order of St. Clare in the early 16th century, the monastery again went into decline and after a few decades, in 1572, it was abolished.

The monastery is a monumental complex of sacral buildings consisting of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the building of the Pauline Monastery and the Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, and the outbuildings belonging to the monastery. The Basilica is one of the most important Basilicas in Slovakia.

Built in 1865, the St. Alfons monastery in Aachen, Germany, transformed into an office building in 2008, while preserving its historical features. The conversion process involved reversible modifications and a glass extension.

The monastery church of the former Franciscan monastery of Cottbus is the oldest preserved sacred building in the city. It was built in its present form in the 15th century in the Gothic style. The last remnant of the monastery buildings was not demolished until 1852. The monastery church is also called the "Wendish church", as it was the parish church for the Wendish (Sorbian) population.

The monastery of Agia Eleousa, originally named Agios Nikalaos Methodatos Monastery, was probably begun in the 16th century and completed in the 18th century. It is one of the seven monasteries on Ioannina Island.