Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. The abbey was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184, but subsequently rebuilt and by the 14th century was one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England. The abbey controlled large tracts of the surrounding land and was instrumental in major drainage projects on the Somerset Levels. The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting (Whyting), was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.
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Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction. The abbey was founded in the 7th century and enlarged in the 10th. It was destroyed by a major fire in 1184, but subsequently rebuilt and by the 14th century was one of the richest and most powerful monasteries in England. The abbey controlled large tracts of the surrounding land and was instrumental in major drainage projects on the Somerset Levels. The abbey was suppressed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under King Henry VIII of England. The last abbot, Richard Whiting (Whyting), was hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.
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A abadia de Glastonbury foi um ...... almente uma atração turística.
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Glastonbury Abbey ist eine ehe ...... et, England südlich von Wells.
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Glastonbury Abbey was a monast ...... Arimathea in the 1st century.
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L'abbaye de Glastonbury, situé ...... ruines et à sa riche histoire.
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La abadía de Glastonbury, situ ...... mitían la evacuación del humo.
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Opactwo Glastonbury (ang. Glas ...... na rozkaz Henryka VIII Tudora.
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دير غلاستونبري هو دير كان موجو ...... الدير في القرن الأول الميلادي.
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Two ruin parts of walls with arched doorways, surrounded by grass and trees.
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View from the former location of the North transept in East direction to the choir.
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King Ine of Wessex
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Saint Dunstan, Henry of Blois, Henry de Sully, Savaric FitzGeldewin, Richard Whiting
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A abadia de Glastonbury foi um ...... almente uma atração turística.
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Glastonbury Abbey ist eine ehe ...... et, England südlich von Wells.
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Glastonbury Abbey was a monast ...... or on Glastonbury Tor in 1539.
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L'abbaye de Glastonbury, situé ...... ruines et à sa riche histoire.
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La abadía de Glastonbury, situ ...... s ruinas y a su rica historia.
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Opactwo Glastonbury (ang. Glas ...... na rozkaz Henryka VIII Tudora.
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دير غلاستونبري هو دير كان موجو ...... يع أواصره بعد اتهامه بالخيانة.
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Abadia de Glastonbury
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Abadía de Glastonbury
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Abbaye de Glastonbury
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Abbazia di Glastonbury
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Glastonbury Abbey
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Opactwo Glastonbury
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دير غلاستونبري
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