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Mariastein Abbey
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Mariastein Abbey

Metzerlen-Mariastein, Solothurn, Switzerland

Fifty-nine steps lead down into the earth beneath a late Gothic basilica in northwest Switzerland, where a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary stands free in the rock face...

Abbey of Saint-Victor
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Abbey of Saint-Victor

Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Rising fortress-like above Marseille's ancient harbor, the Abbey of Saint-Victor descends through sixteen centuries of unbroken prayer....

The Sainte-Foy abbey church in Conques
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The Sainte-Foy abbey church in Conques

Conques-en-Rouergue, Occitania, France

A twelve-year-old girl was beheaded in 303 for refusing to worship Roman gods. Her relics came to Conques through holy theft, and her golden statue-reliquary—the oldest in...

Holy Cross Abbey
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Holy Cross Abbey

County Tipperary, The Municipal District of Thurles, Ireland

Holy Cross Abbey stands as one of Ireland's rarest achievements: a 12th-century Cistercian monastery fully restored to active parish worship....

Tewkesbury Abbey
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Tewkesbury Abbey

Tewkesbury, England, United Kingdom

Rising above the confluence of the Severn and Avon rivers, Tewkesbury Abbey has held continuous Christian worship since the 7th century....

Monte Cassino
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Monte Cassino

Cassino, Lazio, Italy

Monte Cassino is where Saint Benedict wrote his Rule around 530 CE—the document that would shape Western civilization through the monasteries it inspired....

Ettal
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Ettal

Ettal, Bavaria, Germany

Ettal is a German municipality and a village in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria.

Iona Abbey
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Iona Abbey

Isle of Iona, Argyll and Bute, United Kingdom

Iona Abbey stands on a small Hebridean island where St Columba founded a monastery in AD 563....

Saint-Pierre Abbey in Moissac
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Saint-Pierre Abbey in Moissac

Mossaic, Occitania, France

Saint-Pierre de Moissac is one of the supreme achievements of Romanesque art. Its twelfth-century south portal renders Christ in glory from the Book of Revelation, and its...

Saint-Sever Abbey
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Saint-Sever Abbey

Saint-Sever, France

One of the great Romanesque sanctuaries of Gascony, Saint-Sever Abbey was founded around the turn of the millennium and rebuilt on the model of Cluny....

Flaran Abbey
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Flaran Abbey

Valence-sur-Baïse, France

Flaran Abbey, founded in 1151 at the confluence of the Auloue and Baïse, is among the best-preserved Cistercian abbeys of south-west France....

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