Fountains Abbey

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Fountains Abbey is a vast and remarkably well-preserved ruined Cistercian monastery, now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located near Ripon in North Yorkshire, England.

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Label Occurrences
Fountains Abbey canonical 9
Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cistercian monastery
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
ruined monastery
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Cistercian architecture
surface form: Cistercian Gothic
country United Kingdom
dissolutionContext Dissolution of the Monasteries
surface form: Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII
dissolved 1539
founded 1132
foundedBy Cistercian monks from St Mary’s Abbey, York
hasFunctionInPast monastic community
hasFunctionInPresent heritage site
tourist destination
hasLandscapeContext designed landscape of Studley Royal Park
hasNearbyCity Ripon
hasNearbySettlement Studley Roger
hasStructure abbey church
cellarium
chapter house
cloister
gatehouse
infirmary
refectory
tower of the abbey church
hasTourismActivity educational visits
guided tours
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
locatedIn Harrogate
surface form: Borough of Harrogate

England
North Yorkshire
River Skell
surface form: River Skell valley
locatedNear Ripon
managedBy National Trust
near Studley Royal Park
surface form: Studley Royal Water Garden
notableFor scale of monastic ruins
state of preservation
openToPublic true
ownedBy National Trust
partOf Studley Royal Park
surface form: Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal Estate

Studley Royal Park
Studley Royal Park
surface form: Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey
protectedStatus Scheduled monument
region Yorkshire and the Humber
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Cistercians
surface form: Cistercian Order
UNESCOSiteCategory Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 372
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1986

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North Yorkshire contains Fountains Abbey
Yorkshire hasHistoricSite Fountains Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey foundedAsDaughterHouseOf Fountains Abbey
Kirkstall Abbey foundedAsDaughterHouseOf Fountains Abbey
this entity surface form: Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire
Ripon, North Yorkshire hasAttraction Fountains Abbey
Ripon, North Yorkshire near Fountains Abbey
River Ure near Fountains Abbey
Studley Royal Park hasPart Fountains Abbey