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Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The original Poe short story follows a prince who attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
Just two hours north of London, but what feels like an entire world away, the region is best known for its vast, dune-like beaches, crumbling medieval abbeys, and grande dame stately homes.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
Over the next few centuries, the abbey’s importance as a place of study and prayer, as well as its political and cultural significance, only grew.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2025
The original Poe short story follows a prince who attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 21 Jan. 2025
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