#abbey

[eirene]

Admont Abbey, Austria

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Westminster Abbey - ENGLAND

[toadsong-art]

[thesilicontribesman]

Dundrennan Abbey , Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway

A historic site with stonework over many periods.

[whencyclopedia]

Abbeys were a striking feature of medieval urban and rural landscapes. Their layout and architecture reflected their purpose as cut-off monastic retreats which, conversely, also served and inspired their local communities. Although evolving over the centuries, many features of abbeys became standard, such as the main church, cloister, chapter house, refectory, library, calefectory, and dormitories.

[vinter-skugga]

[illustratus]

The Bell of Huesca by José Casado del Alisal

[mydododiedandthenreactivated]

Cymer Abbey

Llanelltyd, nr. Dolgellau, Eryri, Cymru, UK

[meriol-lehmann]

abbaye de pontigny

[livesunique]

Castle of Loarre,

Huesca Province, Aragon autonomous region of Spain,

Credit: Navid Fatehpour

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Abadia de Santa Maria de Montserrat - ESPAÑA

[postcard-from-the-past]

Stairs in the Abbey of Senones, Lorraine region of France

French vintage postcard

[vintageeurope]

Iona, Scotland 19th century

[fayriequeene]

[wandering-jana]

Westminster Abbey, London

Feb. 2016