Benedictine
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Selby Abbey
Selby, England
1069
According to tradition, Selby Abbey was the earliest Benedictine monastery in the north of England, founded in 1069. Today it is a Grade-I listed parish church featuring Norman and Decorated Gothic architecture and 14C stained glass.
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Basilica di Santo Stefano
Bologna, Italy
5th-12th cent.
Santo Stefano is a monastic complex of four Romanesque churches (11-13C) built on the site of a pagan temple to Isis and incorporating earlier churches dating back to the 4th century. There is also a medieval cloister and small museum.
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St Nicholas Priory
Exeter, England
1087
St Nicholas Priory is an 11th-century Benedictine monastery used as a merchant's house after the Dissolution. Only the refectory and west range survive, which are now a museum and event venue.
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Durham Cathedral
Durham, England
1242
Built 1093-1133, Durham Cathedral is considered one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in England.
- St-Michel-De-Cuxa Abbey Codalet, France
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Cluny Abbey
Cluny, France
1088
One of the largest and most important buildings of the Middle Ages, Cluny Abbey now survives only in one great transept, two cloisters, and a few foundations.
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Saint-Révérien Church
Saint-Révérien, France
c. 1100
The 12th-century Church of St. Reverianus was a priory church affiliated with Cluny Abbey and a stop for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. It has important Romanesque capitals in the choir.
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Whitby Abbey
Whitby, England
1220
Founded by a Saxon princess, this abbey hosted an important church council and was powerful throughout the Middle Ages. Today, it is an evocative ruin on a windswept cliff overlooking the North Sea.
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Mount Angel Abbey
Mount Angel, Oregon
Benedictine abbey and seminary founded in 1882 by monks from Engelberg, Switzerland.
- Somogyvár Abbey Somogy Megye, Hungary
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St-Martin-du-Canigou Abbey
Casteil, France
1009
Boasting a spectacular location in the Pyrenees mountains of southern France, the 11th-century abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou has wonderful views, rustic stone architecture, and an excellent collection of Romanesque sculpture.
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Jarrow Monastery
South Tyneside, England
Scheduled ancient monument.