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Surrounding the abbey is a steep hillside village and a stone wall with turrets.
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
All guests of La Ferme have access to the facilities of the abbey and a shuttle is available to transport them back and forth.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The Irish monk Columba settled on Iona in the sixth century and founded an abbey that became a center of Gaelic Christianity.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
In its previous lives, this 12th century abbey was a Cistercian center, a Rothschild estate, a site of German occupation in World War II.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
All guests of La Ferme have access to the facilities of the abbey and a shuttle is available to transport them back and forth.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The Irish monk Columba settled on Iona in the sixth century and founded an abbey that became a center of Gaelic Christianity.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
In its previous lives, this 12th century abbey was a Cistercian center, a Rothschild estate, a site of German occupation in World War II.
—Laurie Werner, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Abbey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abbey. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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