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Archaeologists think the clasp may have come from a Christian monastery.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Allied forces have taken Sicily and begun the treacherous push up Italy’s boot, but the advance has stalled near the Abbey of Monte Cassino, a historic monastery planted atop a rocky hill in the Apennine Mountains.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Constructed initially just outside of Madrid in 1141, this monastery was occupied by Cistercian monks for almost 700 years before becoming storage and stables during the social revolution of the 1800s.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
The monastery's mosaic floor features depictions of crosses, lions, doves, an amphora (a type of container vessel used in antiquity), flowers and geometric patterns.
—Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Allied forces have taken Sicily and begun the treacherous push up Italy’s boot, but the advance has stalled near the Abbey of Monte Cassino, a historic monastery planted atop a rocky hill in the Apennine Mountains.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
Constructed initially just outside of Madrid in 1141, this monastery was occupied by Cistercian monks for almost 700 years before becoming storage and stables during the social revolution of the 1800s.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
The monastery's mosaic floor features depictions of crosses, lions, doves, an amphora (a type of container vessel used in antiquity), flowers and geometric patterns.
—Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Monastery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monastery. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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