Nearly seven years ago now, new to The Tablet, I was sent to the Cistercian monastery of Mount St Bernard in Leicestershire to interview its abbot, Erik ...

Casamari Abbey in Italy is a gem of Cistercian-Gothic art, whose stones have been imbued with the prayers of monks over the centuries. Here, the monks have dedicated their lives to the vows of ...

Fountain’s Abbey is just three miles west of Ripon, well signposted with a large car park. To access the Abbey pass through the visitor centre. From the visitor centre Fountains is a Cistercian ...

That Pippa McIntosh’s history of Abbey Lea – the residence, located on the outskirts of Dublin, of the Australian ambassador to Ireland – has rocketed up Ireland’s bestseller lists is no ...

Jervaulx Abbey in East Witton is considered the largest privately owned and preserved abbey in the UK - here is its history.

Last year’s excavations at Strata Florida, the former Cistercian Abbey in Mid Wales, uncovered material dating back 7,500 years.

Archaeologists have discovered materials more than 7,000 years old during a dig at a historic Welsh abbey. The discovery has been made at Strata Florida Abbey near Tregaron in Ceredigion. The Strata ...

HUNDREDS of people flocked to a historic abbey yesterday ahead of a ‘difficult’ closure. Mount Melleray Abbey in Waterford, regarded as one of Ireland’s most famous, held Sunday m… ...

About five miles from Chepstow, Tintern is a scenic riverside village situated in the Wye Valley. Famous for its ruined Cistercian abbey the village boasts spectacular views, picturesque walks and ...

It was Cambridgeshire's only Cistercian abbey before it was demolished ...