Bramante structurally enlarged the church and added large semi-circular apses, a wonderful drum-shaped dome surrounded by columns, and a spectacular cloister and refectory. The painting was ...

However, the Upper Lavra section of the sprawling complex, which includes the Dormition Cathedral and the Refectory Church, remained under the control of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Historical and ...

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119. With its church, cloister, refectory, sleeping quarters, bakery and ironworks, it is an excellent illustration of the ideal of ...

The refectory was reached from the south cloister ... The cloisters contain the graves of several Abbots of the Norman church and also some clergymen and officials of the church, including organists, ...