Some time in the early 13th century, a large monastery was built here.
The large monastery is designed as two rectangles, one inside the other.
Future plans for the construction of a larger monastery are in the development stages as well.
Just outside Lhasa, what was once the world's largest monastery is a case in point.
A large monastery was built by the Byzantines, of which little remains.
Some of the largest monasteries in the world are Buddhist.
In 1610 the monks started the construction of a large monastery there.
The large monastery and a church were built in the fifth century.
It was previously the largest monastery in the county with some 500 monks about the beginning of the 20th century.
Between the hospital and the steps leading to the rock are the ruins of a large monastery.