hermitages
Solitary monks' homes
Hermitages are places where hermits live—secluded dwellings chosen for solitary religious contemplation or withdrawal from society.
The word extends to any isolated retreat: mountain hermitages, artist hermitages.
The Hermitage is also a famous art museum in St.
Petersburg, Russia, housed in the former winter palace of Russian tsars.
Residences for religious brothers
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- monksCloistered religious men
- solitudeState of being alone
- meditationFocused attention practice
contemplation · ashrams · cloisters · cells · sanctuaries · abbeys · priories · desert fathers
Places of residence
- cottagesSmall rustic dwellings
- hutsSmall crude dwellings
- sheltersPlaces offering protection
- cabinsSimple rural shelters
lodges · pavilions · wilderness cabins · mountain refuges · chapels · grottoes
Major Franco-Swiss waterway
- syrahDark red wine grape
- vineyardGrape-growing estate
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- French wineViticulture product from Gaul
red wine · cotes · vintage · appellation · winemaking · cru · steep slopes · granite
monasteries
Residences for religious brothers
meditation · contemplation · ashrams · cloisters · cells · sanctuaries · abbeys · priories · desert fathers · cenobites
dwellings
Places of residence
cabins · lodges · pavilions · wilderness cabins · mountain refuges · chapels · grottoes
Rhone
Major Franco-Swiss waterway
French wine · red wine · cotes · vintage · appellation · winemaking · cru · steep slopes · granite · cellar
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- church groupssmall group, small groups, congregations, cell group, parishes
- garden folliesfolly, follies, grottoes, grotto, gazebo
- Irish monasticismIrish monks, monastic life, monastic ruins, round towers, scriptoriums
- meditation retreatsvipassana, silent meditation, retreat centers, walking meditation, group meditation
- monasteriesabbey, abbeys, abbot, abbots, abbess
hermitagescommunes
Shared-living communities
communal housing · dormitories · barracks · tenements · metropolises
hermitagesmarketplaces
Venues for commercial exchange
trading floors · stock exchanges · business districts · commercial centers · town squares
hermitagespublic squares
Open civic gathering areas
marketplaces · town squares · agoras · town halls · civic centers