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TINTERN ABBEY

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ABBEY , in See also:Monmouthshire, one of the most famous ecclesiastical ruins in See also:England. It is beautifully situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:river Wye. The abbey was founded by See also:Walter de See also:Clare in 1131 for Cistercian monks. The existing See also:church, however, See also:dates from the later See also:part of the 13th See also:century; it is unroofed, and the See also:nave is imperfect, but many of the finest details of a See also:style transitional from See also:Early See also:English to Decorated are preserved. The church is cruciform.. Cloisters and other monastic buildings, of which there are considerable remains, See also:lay to the See also:north of the church. The See also:foundation was dissolved by See also:Henry VIII. At the neighbouring See also:village of Tintern Parva there is a station on a See also:branch of the See also:Great Western railway.

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