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For other uses, see Cloister (disambiguation).
"Cloisters" redirects here. For the New York City museum, see The Cloisters.
A cloister (from Latin claustrum) is a part of cathedral, monastic and abbey architecture. A cloister consists usually of four corridors, with a courtyard or garth in the middle. It is intended to be both covered from the rain, but open to the air. The attachment of a cloister to a Cathedral church usually indicates that it is (or was once) a monastic foundation. Cloistered (or "Claustral") life is also another name for the life of a monk or nun in the enclosed religious orders; the modern English term enclosure is used in contemporary Catholic church law[1] to mean cloistered, and cloister is sometimes used as a synonym for monastery. In medieval times, cloisters served the primary function of quiet meditation or study gardens. The worldwide biggest cloister (12000 m²) is in the Certosa di Padula in southern Italy. [edit] See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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