Cistercian Collection (page 3)

The Nave, Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire, c1920s. Fountains Abbey was founded in the 1130s as a Cistercian monastery. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd

The Cellarium, Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, c1920s. This room with its remarkable vaulted ceiling was where the 12th-century abbeys lay brothers ate, slept and socialised

Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, England, 1896. The Cistercian abbey was founded in 1131

Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, Yorkshire, 1896. The Cistercian monastery was built between 1152 and 1182

Bela III founding the Cistercian monastery at Szentgotthard in 1183 (1795-1796). Artist: Istvan Dorfmeister
Bela III founding the Cistercian monastery at Szentgotthard in 1183 (1795-1796). Bela III (1148-1196) was King of Hungary from 1172. From the Hungarian National Gallery

West facade of Forde Abbey, Dorset, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
West facade of Forde Abbey, Dorset, 20th century. Former Cistercian monastery and Grade I listed building. John of Ford (c)

South Front of Forde Abbey, and Long Pond, Dorset, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
South Front of Forde Abbey, and Long Pond, Dorset, 20th century. 16th and 17th century additions to 12th century Cistercian monastery in Dorset, England

Byland Abbey, Founded 12th Century, Yorkshire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Byland Abbey, Founded 12th Century, Yorkshire, England, 20th century. A ruined abbey in North York Moors National Park. Founded in 1135, it was absorbed by the Cistercian order in 1147

Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Byland Abbey, Yorkshire, 20th century. Ruined abbey in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, founded as a Savigniac abbey in January 1135 and absorbed by the Cistercian order in 1147

Jervaulx Abbey, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Jervaulx Abbey, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, 20th century. 12th century Cistercian abbey founded by Akarius Fitz Bardolph and dedicated to St. Mary in 1156

South Front of Forde Abbey, Dorset from the Long Pond, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
South Front of Forde Abbey, Dorset from the Long Pond, 20th century. 16th and 17th century additions to a former 12th century Cistercian monastery and Grade I listed building

Byland Abbey, 12th century
Byland Abbey, a Cistercian Abbey dissolved by Henry VIII, 12th century

Rievaulx Abbey, 12th century
Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire, a former Cistercian monastery dissolved in 1538 by Henry the Eigth. Founded by French monks from Clairvaux abbey, it was one of the richest abbeys in England, 12th century

Carved stone figure from Margam Abbey, 12th century
Carved stone figure from Margam Abbey, now at Margam Museum, 12th century

Mellifont Abbey, 12th century
Mellifont Cistercian Abbey in County Louth, Ireland, 12th century

St Bernard of Clairvaux, 19th century. Born in Burgandy, Bernard of Clairvaux (1091-1153) became a Cistercian Abbot and one of the great Doctors of the Christian Church

West Front of Tintern Abbey, c1870. Founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, in Tintern, Monmouthshire, the abbey fell into ruin after Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century

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