Magnificent Tintern Abbey, Wales

Tintern Abbey in a beautiful peaceful valley beside the River Wye, was founded 1131. The Cistercian Order stipulated that their houses must be built in remote places, "far from the conversation of men". Their basic principles were obedience, poverty, chastity, silence, prayer. and work. 







 



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