Tag:amenity=monastery

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Aerial view - Kloster St. Trudpert.jpg
Description
An active monastery or convent, occupied by a community of monks or nuns living under religious vows. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: religion
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: de factoPage for proposal

The tag amenity=monastery denotes the site of an active monastery (or canonry, convent, comandry or hermitage), sometimes just a building, or a complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer (e.g. an oratory) as well as the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone (hermits).

How to map

Use the tag amenity=monastery on a closed way (area) area drawn around the perimeter of a site (preferred), or on a node node placed at the centrepoint of a site.

Tags to use in combination

Any tag you like, in particular consider to add these:

Monastics, mendicants or canons regular

Monks or nuns

If you want to be explicit about the gender of the community you can use these subtags:

See also

External links