The Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. Lovely green, isnt it?

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Julie: There was even a jungle room that totally fogged up your glasses when you walked in. It had to have been a hundred degrees in there with 99.9%

Another view of the amazing Fountains Abbey from my visit last Saturday.

Cistercian monastery ruins and scenic countryside in south Wales

Catholic Monasteries are some of my Favorite Places As a history lover and former Catholic, I adore visiting Catholic monasteries for their history, art, and architecture. From the nunnery where the real Maria von Trapp lived in Austria to visiting the stunning Kylemore Abbey while backpacking in Ireland, I've spent many days on the road

Britain's first Cistercian monastery, located in the Surrey countryside

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Tintern Abbey, ecclesiastical ruin in Monmouthshire, Wales, on the west bank of the River Wye. Founded for Cistercian monks in 1131, Tintern Abbey was almost entirely rebuilt and enlarged between 1220 and 1287. The building was finally completed, except for minor additions, in the early 14th

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Looking down from Rievaulx Terrace through a gap in the trees onto the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey. The ruins of Rievaulx Abbey are some of the finest Cistercian remains in the whole of England. The abbey was founded in 1132AD – the first Cistercian monastery in England – and survived until the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539, though by that time it had only around 22 monks rather than the 600-plus who lived their at the height of its power. Sitting in the valley below Rievaulx Terrace, from where you can enjoy fantastic views of the abbey down through gaps cut in the trees, the abbey was built to take advantage of the flow of the River Rye, which the monks moved away from the rising slopes of the terrace to give them more room on which to build. While the abbey was built in the second half of the 12th century, most of the existing remains – the transept, the east end of the church, the refectory, the dormitory and more – date from the extensive rebuilding in the 13th century. As such, they are examples of Early English Architecture and are some of the most complete abbey remains in the country. The site is now looked after by English Heritage, who offer a superb audio tour that takes you back to the time when the monks were here in heir hundreds, working in the church while lay brothers toiled on the land. Rievaulx Terrace forms a natural viewing platform above the Ryedale Valley, home to Rievaulx Abbey. The potential for the hillside to be used as a terrace was spotted by Thomas Duncombe II in the mid-18th century. He commissioned a landscaper to compose the terrace between 1749 and 1757, with temples at either end and views, down through gaps cut in the trees, of the abbey. There are two temples on the terrace, the Tuscan Temple and the Ionic Temple, the latter of which served as a kitchen and dining room for guests of the Duncombe family who came to visit. The National Trust now look after the terrace and the temples, giving visitors the chance to experience the site as others did centuries ago.

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Rievaulx Abbey is the perfect choice for a peaceful day out, with its extensive ruins and fascinating museum in a secluded North York Moors valley.

Britain's first Cistercian monastery, located in the Surrey countryside

Melrose, small burgh (town), Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Roxburghshire, Scotland, on the right bank of the River Tweed. It lies 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Edinburgh. The original Columban monastery was founded nearby in the 7th century at Old Melrose. It was burned in 839

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Inspired by the monastery at Cluny in France it was home to a community of monks until 1537 when Henry VIII disbanded all monastic houses. Now in the care of English Heritage. Dan Leigh R5 Delta and AutoKap.

Discover exactly what you can see and do at Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire UK, including Bolton priory church, Bolton Abbey ruins, and 80 miles of woodland trails #boltonabbey #yorkshire #histroicplaces

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The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Title: Ruins of the Na landa Monasteries at Burga on, subdivision Biha r, Zillah Patna. [With plates.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Broadley, Alexander Meyrick; 1872. 24 p.; 8 . V 9713

The caption reads, History Preserving the Monuments of Antiquity. The side View of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island Monastery, Northumberland. Pub. 25 May 1781 by S. Hooper The image is signed, S. Spurrow

Britain's first Cistercian monastery, located in the Surrey countryside

Nestled in ancient woodland on the wild and rugged Hook peninsula in County Wexford lie the beautiful ruins of Tintern Abbey.

Global Heritage Fund has named these 12 ruins as most likely to disappear if action isn't taken immediately, erasing evidence of hundreds or even thousands of years of human history.

Visiting the ancient ruins of Glendalough monastery and the Rock of Cashel site in eastern Ireland is a step back in time.

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