The Cetinje Monastry, Montenegro. Painting above the entrance gate - stock photo

It’s a case of four times lucky for the Cetinje Monastery, having been repeatedly destroyed during Ottoman attacks and rebuilt. This sturdy incarnation dates from 1786, with its only exterior ornamentation being the capitals of columns recycled from the original building, founded in 1484. The chapel to the right of the courtyard holds the monastery’s proudest possessions: a shard of the True Cross (a claim made by many European churches) and the mummified right hand of St John the Baptist.