Good quality pictures and interesting historical architectural information. This books is focus on the building itself, not the religion or cult. It present monasteries/church from various religion, mostly Christianity from Europe, but we go a bit in Asia and Arabic world. Specific subject, but I always, and even more recently, have kind of a fascination for those places and this recluse way of life. I would be really curious to try living it, for a couple of months or even a year...