The monastery is one of the most important religious buildings since it has to do with the creation of a calm and relaxed space in which the inhabitants or guests can dedicate themselves to daily prayer and connection with their god. The monastery gets its name from the Greek, a language in which it meant ‘the house of only one’, since in the beginning the monasteries were inhabited by a single monk or believer.
Monasteries have existed since time immemorial since they have been created by man to ensure a space of perfect devotion to the god and an intimate relationship with him. Although monasteries were especially important and common from the Middle Ages in Europe, many other religions (such as Buddhist) have similar spaces where those individuals who inhabit them are dedicated almost exclusively to reflecting on the relationship of the human being. with his god.
Monasteries are normally made up of environments specially designed and created for prayer (spaces that are usually called oratory and in which all the essential elements of the religion in question are arranged) as well as an area of rooms in which the monks retire to rest and carry out their private tasks. The monasteries usually have at the same time common rooms such as dining rooms or patios in which all the monks meet at certain times of the day.
The importance of medieval monasteries was vital in terms of culture since all kinds of manuscripts were made in them that allowed religious practices to be kept alive, as well as to encourage scientific research, philosophy, metaphysics and other sciences. At present, the monasteries continue to exist for those who dedicate themselves to a religious career and who resort to these spaces to focus their thoughts on God, on religious practices and on the values that that religion implies.
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