In 1409 Tsongkhapa founded his first monastery, Ganden Monastery.

Guidelines for daily life were drawn up (a monastic 'rule'); and several monasteries were founded, nine for men and two for women.

After that Sambor founded a new Cistercian monastery, Samboria, located in present day Pelplin.

Pomorian soglasiye was formed in 1694, when the Vygovsky men's monastery (Vygovsky obschezhitelstvo) founded at the Vyg river.

Pegau grew up round a monastery founded in 1096, but does not appear as a town before the close of the 12th century.

Saint Ludwik church and baroque monastery, founded by Pauline Monks in 18th century.

The original church and monastery were founded in the 17th century, dedicated to St. Nicolas, the Bishop of Myra, patron of orphans and grocers.

A Dominican monastery founded in 1394, it's certainly worth a look-see for the stunning examples of wooden Madonna sculptures.

The city was established in 1696 by Władysław Sokołowski, who brought there Bernardines, founded a church and a monastery.

In 1928 the monastery founded a daughter house at Apolo in Bolivia as part of a mission drive.