Tag:building=monastery

building = monastery
Description
A building constructed as monastery
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* religion=* addr:*=* building:use=* building:levels=* height=* building:material=* building:colour=* roof:material=* roof:colour=* building:architecture=*
See also
building=convent amenity=monastery historic=monastery building=apartments
Status: in use
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A building constructed as monastery.

Note that it will not always house a monastery and active monastery may be housed not in buildings constructed for this purpose.

So amenity=monastery (site of an active monastery) may not include any building=monastery and building=monastery may be outside amenity=monastery.

How to map

Draw an area along the building outline. In cases where it is impossible one may set a node instead. Tag it with building=monastery.

Tags to use in combination

• name=* - the primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s).
• religion=* - defines the specific religion.
• addr:*=* - prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses.
• building:use=* - the present type of usage of a building.
• building:levels=* - the number of above ground levels in the building facades (excluding roof levels and underground levels).
• height=* - the height of the building in meters.
• building:material=* - to specify outer material of the building façade.
• building:colour=* - indicates colour of the building.
• roof:material=* - to specify outer material of the building roof.
• roof:colour=* - indicates colour of the roof.
• building:architecture=* - architectural style of a building.

See also

• amenity=monastery - site of an active monastery (or canonry, convent, comandry or hermitage) - both ones for male monks and female nuns.
• building=convent - there is no real difference of any kind in building construction, and note that amenity=monastery tag is not making distinction between convent and monastery. But community of nuns (female) is often referred to as convent and living in a convent, in contrast to male community of monks. Note that amenity=monastery is not making this distinction.
• historic=monastery - building/place that is a historic monastery with traces of original use.
• heritage=*, heritage:operator=* - many monasteries are old buildings officially recognized as a protected constructions.
• building=apartments - there is often tiny or no difference in construction and in purpose.