Crosier Monastery, Maastricht - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Crosier Monastery, Maastricht - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Crosier Monastery or Monastery of the Crutched Friars () is a former monastery of the Order of the Holy Cross in Maastricht, Netherlands. The well-preserved convent buildings house a five-star hotel, the Kruisherenhotel. Having survived more or less in its entirety, it is a rare example in the Netherlands of a Gothic monastery.Ter Apel Monastery, also a Crosier monastery, has preserved three of its four Gothic wings. Other monasteries like Middelburg Abbey and St Agatha's Monastery in Delft are partially Gothic. See also on Dutch Wikipedia. The buildings from the 15th and 16th century constitute three listed buildings (Rijksmonuments). The more or less intact monastery archive is unique in the Netherlands.See 'Metamorfoze' and 'Het archief van de Maastrichtse kruisheren ' on website rhcl.nl Read more on Wikipedia
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