Tintern Abbey

Posted by Michael (Wuppertal, Germany) on 4 October 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn) was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on May 9, 1131. Situated on the River Wye in Monmouthshire, it was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales. It is one of the most spectacular ruins in the country and inspired the William Wordsworth poem "Tintern Abbey", more than one painting by J. M. W. Turner and a band to name themselves "Tintern Abbey".

Walter, of the powerful family of Clare, was also related by marriage to Bishop William of Winchester, who had introduced the first colony of Cistercians, to Waverley in 1128. The monks for Tintern came from a daughter house of Cîteaux, L'Aumone, in the diocese of Blois in France.

Tintern Abbey. (2007, September 22). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 19:55, September 27, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tintern_Abbey&oldid=159584902

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