abbey
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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
After the laying of wreaths and a welcome, an excerpt of Winston Churchill's speech announcing the unconditional surrender of Germany rang throughout the abbey.
From BBC • May 8, 2025
I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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