Tintern Abbey
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| Monastery information | |
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| Order | Cistercian |
| Established | 1131 |
| Disestablished | 1536 |
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| Founder(s) | Walter de Clare |
| Site | |
| Location | Tintern, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°41′49″N 2°40′37″W / 51.697°N 2.677°WCoordinates: 51°41′49″N 2°40′37″W / 51.697°N 2.677°W |
Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn, 
pronunciation in Welsh ) was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on 9 May 1131. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which forms the border between Monmouthshire in Wales and Gloucestershire in England. It was only the second Cistercian foundation in Britain, and the first in Wales. Falling into ruin after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, the remains were celebrated in poetry and often painted by visitors from the 18th century onwards. In 1984 Cadw took over responsibility for the site. The site welcomes approximately 70,000 people every year.
Walter de Clare, of the powerful family of Clare, was first cousin of William Giffard, Bishop of Winchester, who had introduced the first colony of Cistercians to Waverley, Surrey, in 1128. The monks for Tintern came from a daughter house of Cîteaux, L'Aumône Abbey, in the diocese of Chartres in France. In time, Tintern established two daughter houses, Kingswood in Gloucestershire (1139) and Tintern Parva, west of Wexford in south east Ireland (1203).
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