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Its construction dates back to the 16th century, linking its history to the cult of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres.

Construction of the Carmo da Horta Convent began in the 17th century, more precisely in 1652 and under the influence of D. Helena de Boim, wife of the then Captain-Major Francisco Gil da Silveira.

The old monastery of Coșuna - Bucovățul is the oldest building in Craiova, probably dating from the 15th century. For the construction of the church, stones and bricks from the Roman camp of Pelendava were used.

The monastery of Elonis dates from about 1300. Following the failure of the revolution of 1770, the Ottomans destroyed the region as a reprisal, demolishing the monastery. The monastery was rebuilt in the late 18th century. It is now a women's monastery.

The Monastery of Great Lavra is one of the 20 self-governing Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos. It is ranked first in the Athonite, the hierarchical order of the twenty monasteries on the Athos peninsula.

The Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Redeemer, also known as the Great Meteoron, is a male monastery founded in the 14th century by St. Athanasius of Meteora and reached its apogee in the mid-16th century. The monastery is the largest of the six monasteries still active in Meteora that have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1988. It is located at the highest point of the Meteora, at an altitude of 534 metres.

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La Real de Mallorca was founded by the Cistercians when Jaime I granted the order some lands, following the conquest of the island. It is first mentioned in 1236.

The Monastery of Metamorphosis tou Sotiros was built probably in the early 17th century. Today, there remains only the Church of the Assumption, renovated in the 19th century after the siege of the island by the Ottomans, in search of Ali Pasha who had taken refuge on the island (1740-1822).

According to tradition, the monastery of Monsalud was founded in 1140 with the support of Alfonso VII of León, having as a precedent an earlier settlement from 1138. The first document mentioning this monastery is dated 1167, when the house was already fully operational.