Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Fountains Abbey
Fountains Abbey (not Fountainlakes) is the most extraordinary ruin we have encountered yet. It was established by he Cistercian monks in 1132 then added to continuously by the order over the next few centuries. It was then puchased by a member of the aristocracy then expanded with the addition of extravagant Georgian gardens.
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