abbey

Before the Sagrada Familia mass on Wednesday, he is due to visit a prison and an abbey in the Montserrat mountain range overlooking Barcelona.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

To reach the abbey, visitors must climb the town’s famous 199 steps that rise along the cliff.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Chinese brides lining up to marry in Yorkshire abbey.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026

First seen in its full glory at the nearby abbey of St. Denis, Gothic architecture served an age without electricity—one that learned to reduce its walls to their physical minimum in order to welcome sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

For just then, a scream ripped through the stillness of the abbey.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

If you’re new to her work, here is where to start with Groff’s sprawling canon, which spans from steamy Florida swamps to medieval abbeys with a gift for the unexpected.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026

Abbey beers, which involve a brewer paying royalties in exchange for using the abbey name, are common in Belgium, but until now they have only been with abbeys housing monks.

From Reuters ● Dec. 10, 2021

Much of the carved stonework from each of the Cloisters’ gardens came from the Gallic abbeys bearing their names — Cuxa, Bonnefont, Trie.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2020

And Britain’s largest designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is blessed with an abundance of Roman sites, abbeys, gardens and castles.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2018

Alongside death and despair, this was also the period of astounding Gothic architecture, with the most extraordinary cathedrals, abbeys and churches being built all over Europe.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall