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The monastery of San Antonio el Real is a monastic complex from the 15th century. The facade of the church is in Elizabethan Gothic style. It bears the coat of arms of King Henry IV (1454-1474), who ordered its construction and later donated it to the Franciscans. The monastery has been converted into a museum with a silver reliquary of Saint Anthony of Padua and several Flemish triptychs from the Utrecht school.

This monastery was the former headquarters of the Alcantara military order and is still used today as an educational and research centre. It has elements of gothic, Renaissance, and Plateresque styles.

The Monastery of San Pablo del Campo, believed to have been founded in the 9th century, is one of the best preserved Romanesque buildings in Barcelona. In 1672, a novitiate was established, which had previously been in Lleida, giving the monastery its heyday. The community definitively left San Pablo del Campo in 1835 with the Spanish government's seizure and sale of property, including from the Catholic Church. In 1842 it was converted into a school and between 1855 and 1890 it became a military barracks. In 1879 it was declared a National Monument. The complex was damaged during the Tragic Week of 1909 and in 1936. Since then, several restorations have been carried out.

The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (Saint Clare the New) was built in the 17th century to replace the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Saint Clare the Old) which was frequently affected by the flooding of the Mondego River.

The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha was founded in the 14th century on the banks of the Modego River. Today, the complex is in ruins but has been adapted to receive visitors.

The Monastery of Santa Giulia is a monastic complex whose current building dates mainly from the 15th and 16th centuries. This monastery developed around the ancient 8th-century Basilica of San Salvatore. In the mid 12th century the monastery underwent a major renovation and extension in Romanesque style, but the present structure owes much to the 15th century when the nuns' choir was completed, the cloister rebuilt and the northern dormitory added. In the 16th century (1599) the church of Santa Giulia was finally completed. The complex is, together with other buildings founded by the Lombards, a UNESCO heritage site.

The monastery of Santa María del Parral was built from 1447 to 1503 under Henry IV. Its name is due to the fact that the Virgen del Parral, a Romanesque sculpture from a previous temple, is venerated there. The monastic complex presents a wide variety of styles, from Gothic to Mudejar and Plateresque. For more than 500 years it has been occupied by monks of the Order of San Jerónimo.

The monastery of São Martinho de Tibães was founded in the 11th century, but the main buildings of today were erected in the 17th and 18th centuries. From the 12th century it was rebuilt by Paio Guterres da Silva and occupied by the Benedictine congregation. In the 16th century, the monastery became the mother house of the Order for Portugal and Brazil. With the extinction of the religious orders in 1834, it was sold at public auction. Privately owned until 1986, the building was acquired by the Portuguese state. Today, the monastery combines several uses: one wing is used by the Carmelite Order, but the monastery also houses a hotel, a restaurant and a museum.

The Monastery of São Vicente de Fora is an emblematic monastic complex built in Lisbon between the 16th and 17th centuries.

The Monastery of St Francis Assisi is a Franciscan Monastery from the 13th century. Its church is the oldest gothic church in the region of Dalmatia. The Franciscan school was the origin of the University of Zadar. The museum of the monastery preserves many interesting artefacts.