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Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey is in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. It was King Ine of Wessex who decided to build Glastonbury Abbey and out of stone. King Edmund I of England was buried at the Abbey in 946 AD. It is said to be the burial place of King Arthur.

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  • Glastonbury Abbey c. 1860 Frank M Good

    St. Edgar's and St. Mary's Chapels, Glastonbury Abbey, c. 1860, by Frank M Good

  • MS. Hatton 30 Expositio Augustini in Apocalypsin 73v

    One of the earliest surviving manuscripts, now at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, telling that Dunstan the abbot gave orders for the writing of this book

  • Glastonbury Abbey Lady Chapel c1900

    Photochrom image taken around 1900, showing the unrestored interior of the Lady Chapel

  • Former Gravesite King Arthur (GlastonburyAbbey)

    Site of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere's purported tomb beneath the high altar

  • Glastonbury Abbey abbot's kitchen

    The Abbot's Kitchen

  • Glastonbury Abbey Lady Chapel

    Lady Chapel interior

  • Glastonbury Abbey Retreat House

    Abbey House

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Abadía de Glastonbury para niños

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