Europe
There are numerous monasteries scattered throughout Europe, with France having the largest number.
- Belgium: Bocholt, Bouillon, Brecht, Chimay, Fleurus and Tilff
- Czech Republic: Neveklov
- France: Anduze, Arcis-le-Ponsart, Auros, Bernardvillé, Blauvac, Campénéac, Charmes, Échourgnac, Laval, Le Cayrol, Meymac, Roybon, St-Georges-des-Gardes and Troisvaux
- Germany: Dahlem, Donnersberg, St. Marienthal in Ostritz
- Ireland: Lismore
- Italy: Pisa, Rome and Vitorchiano
- Netherlands: Arnhem
- Norway: Frosta
- Spain: Alloz-Estella, Arévalo, Armenteira, Arnedo, Avila, Benaguacil, Burgos (Las Huelgas), Cañas, Carrizo de La Ribera, Cartagena, San Andrés de Arroyo and Tulebras
- Switzerland: Romont and Sierre
- United Kingdom: Holy Cross Abbey, Whitland in Wales
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“What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one’s heroic ancestors. It’s astounding to me, for example, that so many people really seem to believe that the country was founded by a band of heroes who wanted to be free. That happens not to be true. What happened was that some people left Europe because they couldn’t stay there any longer and had to go someplace else to make it. They were hungry, they were poor, they were convicts.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)
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—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)