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Abbaye de Souillac by Utrecht
- 22 August 2019 - Souillac, France
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Abbaye de Souillac by Utrecht
- 22 August 2019 - Souillac, France
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Église de Saint Germain des Prés by Beausoleil
The church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an old Benedictine abbey of Paris founded in 543 by the Merovingian king Childebert I and the bishop of Paris Saint Germain. The abbey has had several names including Saint-Vincent and Sainte-Croix. It is a royal abbey and is directly subject to the Pope. The current choir was built in the middle of the 12th century in the Gothic style and consecrated by Pope Alexander III on April 21, 1163. It is one of the first French Gothic buildings and in the world. After the Revolution, all abbeys were abolished and St. Germain became a saltpetre factory. Worship was restored April 29, 1803. Since then, the church has been a parish church. Between 1821 and 1854 the church was restored by the architects Étienne-Hippolyte Godde and Victor Baltard and was classified as a historic monument in 1862.
- 2 June 2019 - Paris 6e Arrondissement, France
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Église de Saint Germain des Prés by Beausoleil
The church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés is an old Benedictine abbey of Paris founded in 543 by the Merovingian king Childebert I and the bishop of Paris Saint Germain. The abbey has had several names including Saint-Vincent and Sainte-Croix. It is a royal abbey and is directly subject to the Pope. The current choir was built in the middle of the 12th century in the Gothic style and consecrated by Pope Alexander III on April 21, 1163. It is one of the first French Gothic buildings and in the world. After the Revolution, all abbeys were abolished and St. Germain became a saltpetre factory. Worship was restored April 29, 1803. Since then, the church has been a parish church. Between 1821 and 1854 the church was restored by the architects Étienne-Hippolyte Godde and Victor Baltard and was classified as a historic monument in 1862.
- 2 June 2019 - Paris 6e Arrondissement, France
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View of Rievaulx Abbey from Rievaulx Terrace by Beausoleil
Rievaulx Terrace, located in the North York Moors National Park, overlooks Rievaulx Abbey and is owned by the National Trust. The half-mile long grass terrace follows a serpentine course along a wooded escarpment designed to give multiple views of the ruins of Rievaulx Abbey. There are two mid 18th century temples including the Ionic Temple, intended as a banqueting house, with elaborate ceiling paintings and fine 18th century furniture and the Tuscan Temple at the far end. The Ionic Temple, probably designed by Sir Thomas Robinson was fashioned after the Maison Carrée at Nimes, France and possibly the Temple of Fortuna Virilis in Rome. It is named for its Ionic columns. The basement was formerly the kitchen for the dining room above. More recently it is a small museum included on the Temple tour.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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Rievaulx Abbey near Helmsley by Beausoleil
Rievaulx was a Cistercian abbey founded by St. Bernard of Clairvaux at Cîteaux near Dijon, France in 1098. It was to become one of the most remarkable European monastic reform movements of the 12th century placing an emphasis on a return to an austere life and the literal observance of the rules set out for monastic life by St. Benedict in the 6th century. The first buildings at Rievaulx were temporary wooden structures, but in the late 1130s Abbot William began the construction of stone buildings around the present cloister. The northern part of the west range which housed the abbey’s lay brothers still survives as does a fragment of the south range. There is also a small museum on the site.
- 24 September 2018 - Ryedale District, United Kingdom
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View from the top of the hill across from the Abbey at Whitby by Beausoleil
We were walking down the hill back into town and saw a little hidden walkway. It led to this wonderful view of Whitby Abbey on the opposite hill. A keyhole view . . .
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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Whitby Abbey by Beausoleil
Whitby Abbey is an English Heritage site. We were lucky enough to see it under a rainbow . . . although I'm not sure how lucky we were to be spending another sightseeing day in the rain. The Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on the east cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a center of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The Abbey was founded in AD 657 under the rule of Saint Hilda a s a double monastery of both men and women.
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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View from Whitby Abbey by Beausoleil
You are free to walk the grounds around Whitby Abbey and there are gorgeous views of both Whitby, the sea and the surrounding countryside.
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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Whitby Abbey by Beausoleil
Whitby Abbey is an English Heritage site. We were lucky enough to see it under a rainbow . . . although I'm not sure how lucky we were to be spending another sightseeing day in the rain. The Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on the east cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a center of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The Abbey was founded in AD 657 under the rule of Saint Hilda a s a double monastery of both men and women.
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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Whitby Abbey by Beausoleil
Whitby Abbey is an English Heritage site. We were lucky enough to see it under a rainbow . . . although I'm not sure how lucky we were to be spending another sightseeing day in the rain. The Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on the east cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a center of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The Abbey was founded in AD 657 under the rule of Saint Hilda a s a double monastery of both men and women.
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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Whitby Abbey by Beausoleil
Whitby Abbey is an English Heritage site. We were lucky enough to see it under a rainbow . . . although I'm not sure how lucky we were to be spending another sightseeing day in the rain. The Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on the east cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a center of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The Abbey was founded in AD 657 under the rule of Saint Hilda a s a double monastery of both men and women.
- 18 September 2018 - Scarborough Borough, United Kingdom
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Furness Abbey by Beausoleil
Furness Abbey or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. English Heritage is carrying out emergency conservation work to stop the ruined Abbey church sinking into the soft ground. This follows earlier routine inspections which revealed serious cracks in the walls. Medieval masons used large pieces of oak in the foundations and after 500 years, this timber is now gradually giving way. While excavating the grave of a prosperous medieval abbot, a hoard of medieval treasures was discovered at Furness Abbey. This discovery unearthed an impressive gemstone ring and the first crozier to be excavated in Britain in over 50 years. These are on display in the Abbey Museum.
- 9 September 2018 - Barrow-in-Furness Borough, United Kingdom
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Furness Abbey by Beausoleil
Furness Abbey or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. English Heritage is carrying out emergency conservation work to stop the ruined Abbey church sinking into the soft ground. This follows earlier routine inspections which revealed serious cracks in the walls. Medieval masons used large pieces of oak in the foundations and after 500 years, this timber is now gradually giving way. While excavating the grave of a prosperous medieval abbot, a hoard of medieval treasures was discovered at Furness Abbey. This discovery unearthed an impressive gemstone ring and the first crozier to be excavated in Britain in over 50 years. These are on display in the Abbey Museum.
- 9 September 2018 - Barrow-in-Furness Borough, United Kingdom
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Furness Abbey showing the support structure by Beausoleil
Furness Abbey or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. English Heritage is carrying out emergency conservation work to stop the ruined Abbey church sinking into the soft ground. This follows earlier routine inspections which revealed serious cracks in the walls. Medieval masons used large pieces of oak in the foundations and after 500 years, this timber is now gradually giving way. While excavating the grave of a prosperous medieval abbot, a hoard of medieval treasures was discovered at Furness Abbey. This discovery unearthed an impressive gemstone ring and the first crozier to be excavated in Britain in over 50 years. These are on display in the Abbey Museum.
- 9 September 2018 - Barrow-in-Furness Borough, United Kingdom
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Furness Abbey by Beausoleil
Furness Abbey or St. Mary of Furness is a former monastery located to the north of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The abbey dates to 1123 and was once the second-wealthiest and most powerful Cistercian monastery in the country, behind only Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. English Heritage is carrying out emergency conservation work to stop the ruined Abbey church sinking into the soft ground. This follows earlier routine inspections which revealed serious cracks in the walls. Medieval masons used large pieces of oak in the foundations and after 500 years, this timber is now gradually giving way. While excavating the grave of a prosperous medieval abbot, a hoard of medieval treasures was discovered at Furness Abbey. This discovery unearthed an impressive gemstone ring and the first crozier to be excavated in Britain in over 50 years. These are on display in the Abbey Museum.
- 9 September 2018 - Barrow-in-Furness Borough, United Kingdom
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