Dormition monastery of Balamand, Lebanon. The monastery was fo | La Ville Nouvelle

Dormition monastery of Balamand, Lebanon.
The monastery was founded during Crusader times by Cistercian monks, who abandoned it after the return of the Muslims. In 1603, three centuries later, an Orthodox monastery was founded on the ruins. Therefore, some of the Gothic elements here are not neo-, but real - they are fragments of restored buildings.