Tintern Abbey Wales
* I have always wanted to visit Tintern Abbey that is so well celebrated in poetry by Wordsworth and paintings by JW Turner. I have to say it was a little disappointing it was not as beautiful as the the fine Abbey’s in Yorkshire like Fountains, Rievaulx and Whitby. However we had a good walk in the hills above the valley so an enjoyable visit.
It was also my first visit to Wales since 1973. I lived in Swansea then and I must be honest I was not impressed by the country and its ceaseless rain. I have avoided Wales successfully since then but on this trip I was in and out of Wales fairly often, perhaps after fifty years I should learn to appreciate the country a little.
Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn )was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was the first Cistercian foundation in Wales, and only the second in Britain
The abbey fell into ruin after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century. Its remains have been celebrated in poetry and painting from the 18th century onwards.
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Tintern Abbey Wales
* I have always wanted to visit Tintern Abbey that is so well celebrated in poetry by Wordsworth and paintings by JW Turner. I have to say it was a little disappointing it was not as beautiful as the the fine Abbey’s in Yorkshire like Fountains, Rievaulx and Whitby. However we had a good walk in the hills above the valley so an enjoyable visit.
It was also my first visit to Wales since 1973. I lived in Swansea then and I must be honest I was not impressed by the country and its ceaseless rain. I have avoided Wales successfully since then but on this trip I was in and out of Wales fairly often, perhaps after fifty years I should learn to appreciate the country a little.
Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn )was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which at this location forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was the first Cistercian foundation in Wales, and only the second in Britain
The abbey fell into ruin after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century. Its remains have been celebrated in poetry and painting from the 18th century onwards.
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