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The Cathedral of Brixen (Duomo di Bressanone) and the cloister — located in the same complex — should be the first stops on your list.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
But even within the cloisters of the monastery and behind the walls of its garden, with the city outside, there is also a solitude around each of the monks.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
Housed among the cloisters and courtyards of the Nicolaaskerkhof, its collection of over 50,000 objects exhibits paintings from the golden age of Dutch masters, contemporary De Stijl furniture, and fashion from designers like Viktor & Rolf.
—Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2024
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
—Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
But even within the cloisters of the monastery and behind the walls of its garden, with the city outside, there is also a solitude around each of the monks.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
Housed among the cloisters and courtyards of the Nicolaaskerkhof, its collection of over 50,000 objects exhibits paintings from the golden age of Dutch masters, contemporary De Stijl furniture, and fashion from designers like Viktor & Rolf.
—Gurdeep Loyal, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Cloister.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloister. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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