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Tintern Abbey is in the beautiful Wye Valley in Wales, the River Wye forming part of the border between Wales and England. Founded in 1131, it fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century. That was the process by which Henry VIII disbanded the Catholic monasteries and convents and effectively put an end to monastic life in England, Wales and Ireland.
What we see today is a mixture of building works covering a 400-year period between 1136 and 1536.
An artist’s impression of the new Gothic abbey church at Tintern under construction around the earlier one. Begun in 1269 it was partially occupied by 1288 but the early church had to be demolished before the new building could be completed, perhaps around 1300.
The scale and grandeur of the refectory in the later 13th century is captured in this artist’s impression. The form of the roof is conjectural.
Norm’s Thursday’s doors
These are gorgeous! I don’t know what happened but I almost missed this post – sorry about that.
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Got it. 🙂
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Love the detail you captured in your photos, such a wonderful bit of history.
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Hi, Charlie. Thank you.
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Stunning photos! My favorite is the one with the lone dove and black door.
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Hello. and thank you 🙂
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Now that’s spectacular, bursting with character, unlike Buckfast where i went last week.
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Buckfast? You Brits and your place names. 🙂 Went through Buckie when over last year and smiled at that one too. I’ll look Buckfast up.
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Years since I have visited…I love these majestic old ruins
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It’s amazing how they are all still standing 🙂
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