Monastic interiors

On the Croatian island of Lopud, master restorer Toto Bergamo Rossi has created an Edenic retreat.

The French interior designer guides us through his seventeenth-century monastic chateau

When writer Anabel Cutler bought a former garage plot in north London, she had the rare opportunity to create her own urban haven from scratch

Unlike the majority of domestic kitchens, those in monasteries were built in stone. This reduced the risk of an out-of-control fire within spreading to the rest of the buildings, a fairly common oc…

Matins has the character of a night watch. It symbolizes the Church, Bride of Christ,keeping awake and awaiting the return of her Lord.

Reproduction of a monastic cell in the monastery Scala Dei, in La Morera de Montsant, Tarragona (Catalonia)