The Cremisan Monastery is a Salesian monastery in the West Bank, near Beit Jala. The monastery, located on a hill 850 meters above sea level, is five kilometers from Bethlehem and 12 kilometers from Jerusalem. It was built in 1885 on ruins of a 7th century Byzantine monastery. The main monastery, housed in a building featuring stone floors, thick walls and high arched ceilings, is decorated with pictures of Pope John Paul II and Don Bosco, the founder of the Salesian order. The monastery accepts theology students from around the world.