An ancient monastery sits on top of the village, which the Walungpas revere as their shelter from anything untoward.
A monastery sits regally on the hill, while several large caverns pock the hillside.
Seen as the cradle of Catalunya's independent spirit, this venerated monastery sits atop a mountain of the same name.
A pair of Franciscan monks complained to the Pope that the monastery was sitting empty.
The monastery sat on a rocky outcrop on the shoulder of a modest peak, within a small stand of sigh trees by a tumbling mountain stream.
The monks were initially opposed to the project as they know the monastery sits of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and did not want to be forced out.
At present a Christian church and monastery sit on top of parts of the old Roman temple.
The monks were originally opposed to the project, as the monastery likely sits on the remains of the Quetzalcoatl Temple, and they were concerned about being forced out.
The monastery sits in Ubon Ratchathani Province, in the district of (Amphoe) Warin Chamrap.
The monastery sits on a great crag of rock overlooking the olive groves of the Damascene plain, more like a Crusader castle than a place of worship.