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Example sentences for: monastery

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On the southeast edge of the Vomero hill just below the massive Castel Sant’Elmo, the elegant Baroque Charterhouse Certosa di San Martino offers a soothing haven of tranquility in its cloisters and monastery gardens — and unbeatable views.
Inside, the monastery surrounds a sunken courtyard with an exquisite golden shrine in the center, backed by a pagoda temple decorated with episodes from the life of Buddha.
The statue and a small museum are on a peak, up 268 steps, above Po Lin Monastery.
The other big temple in town, Shanhua Monastery, faces the old city wall, which is undergoing renovation.
Visitors enter the caves through a monastery where 2,000 monks once lived.