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It is derived from the Latin verb clausere , meaning "to close," which also gives us the enclosed architectural space cloister , the enclosed syntactical space clause , and the fear of enclosed space altogether, claustrophobia .
The graceful lines of the rectangular choir and 16-sided cupola are best viewed from the little cloister that he built on the north side.
Botticelli is buried in a chapel (right transept), his St. Augustine adorning the church, while in the refectory in the adjoining cloister, you’ll find Ghirlandaio’s Last Supper.
The Convento de Nossa Senhora da Assunção (Convent of Our Lady of the Assumption), which contains the most beautiful cloister in southern Portugal.
A nunnery may be a monastery, an abbey, a convent, a cloister, or a priory.