Cloister

A cloister (from latin claustrum) is a part of cathedral and abbey architecture. A cloister consists usually of four corridors, with a courtyard or quad in the middle.

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Cloisteral life is another name for the life of a monk or nun. Thus, cloister is sometimes used as a synonym for monastery.

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• The Cloisters, one of the museums of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Abbey: :This article is about an abbey as a Christian monastic community. For other uses, see Abbey (disambiguation)....

Courtyard: A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the...

Monk: A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. The word comes from the Greek monachos (μοναχός), commonly translated as a solitary person, and by convention ...

Cloister related Images and Photos (experimental)

The Cloister	Cloister of the Church	The Cloister of Mont Saint-Michel	The Smolny Cloister in St. Petersburg Printed by Edouard Jean-Marie Hostein
King Afonso V Cloister Monastery of Santa Maria Da Vitoria Batalha Estremadura Portugal	Priors Chapel and Tower from Cloister Castle Acre Priory Norfolk England United Kingdom Europe	Musical Angel Within a Trompe L'Oeil Cloister Detail of an Angel Playing a Mandolin	The Defence of the Trinity Sergius Cloister in Zagorsk 1892
German Monks Entertain a Visitor with the Wine of the Cloister