Glastonbury Abbey

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Glastonbury Abbey is a historic ruined monastery in southwest England, famed for its medieval religious significance and legendary associations with King Arthur.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery
Christian monastery
ruined abbey
allegedBurialPlaceOf King Arthur
Queen Guinevere
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
associatedWithLegend King Arthur
Queen Guinevere
country United Kingdom
dedicatedTo Saint Mary
destroyedBy Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissolutionEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries
earlierReligiousSiteDate 5th century
excavatedBy Frederick Bligh Bond
foundedAs monastery
foundedInCentury 7th century
governedBy Abbot of Waverley
surface form: Abbot of Glastonbury
governingBody charitable trust
hasFeature abbey grounds and gardens
monastic fishponds
hasMuseum Glastonbury Abbey self-linksurface differs
surface form: Glastonbury Abbey Museum
hasRuin Lady Chapel
abbey church ruins
kitchen block
monastic cloister
heritageDesignation Scheduled monument
lastAbbotExecutedIn 1539
linkedToMyth Holy Grail
Avalon
surface form: Isle of Avalon
listedBuildingStatus Grade I listed structure (selected remains)
locatedIn Glastonbury
Somerset
southwest England
surface form: South West England
near Chalice Well
Glastonbury Tor
notableAbbot Richard Whiting
openToPublic true
ownedBy Glastonbury Abbey Trust
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Benedictines
surface form: Benedictine Order
significance important center of early English Christianity
major medieval pilgrimage site
suppressedIn 1539
usedFor Christian pilgrimage
heritage education
tourism

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Somerset containsLandmark Glastonbury Abbey
Edmund Ironside burialPlace Glastonbury Abbey
Benedictine Reform significantPlace Glastonbury Abbey
Æthelwold of Winchester educatedAt Glastonbury Abbey
Edmund I of England placeOfBurial Glastonbury Abbey
Edmund I of England burialPlace Glastonbury Abbey
Edgar the Peaceful burialPlace Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury hasLandmark Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury knownFor Glastonbury Abbey
this entity surface form: Glastonbury Abbey ruins
Glastonbury Tor hasViewOf Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Tor near Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey hasMuseum Glastonbury Abbey self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Glastonbury Abbey Museum
River Brue historicallyAssociatedWith Glastonbury Abbey
Henry, Bishop of Winchester workLocation Glastonbury Abbey
Henry, Bishop of Winchester associatedWith Glastonbury Abbey