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St Augustine's Abbey Review

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If you come here at more than five o'clock in the afternoon, you can see the Christians singing the Bible. Although you don't understand it, you feel good and holy.

St Augustine's Abbey

Posted: Feb 25, 2016
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  • 老良漫游教堂建筑
    4/5Excellent
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    Tickets are required, £6. Although it is ruins. However, what wealth was left after the baptism of time, which was once a great project? When visiting the museum, there will be new discoveries. This monastery, known as the World Heritage Site, is well worth wandering around. This is one of the most important monasteries in medieval England, with charming architecture, majestic memorials and a charming atmosphere. Visiting this place is to find and spiritual cultivation, giving us the opportunity to touch the spiritual birthplace of the English world. St. Augustine's monastery developed into a great Romanesque monastery, one of the most magnificent and influential monasteries in Europe. But this power and influence did not last. During the reign of Henry VIII, the great monastery was destroyed. Walking through the ruins and breathing the ancient atmosphere can temporarily keep us away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

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    Posted: Mar 31, 2020
  • coo***an
    5/5Outstanding
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    St. Augustine consists of a church and a monastery. The Baroque chapel is the essence of the whole of St. Augustine. When you enter the chapel, look up at the dome, the characters from the Bible are carefully painted by the hand of a skilled Italian painter. The tall pillars were carved with rose-shaped ornaments from the top to the bottom, the top of the choir loft was decorated with angels holding horns, and the huge chandeliers hanging from the tall dome added a bit of solemnity. St. Augustine had a large collection of French clothes, gold chalices, silver crosses, ivory statues, silk mantles and oil paintings embroidered with gold threads, and few churches and monasteries in Europe could match that. However, these precious collections have been lost in successive wars.

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    Posted: Sep 13, 2019
  • juki235
    5/5Outstanding
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    St. Augustine Monastery is a world cultural heritage, an ancient monastery with a history of more than 500 years. It is a relic of the famous Saxon period. From the scale of the existing ruins, we can imagine how magnificent it was. It represents the history of Britain and is necessary to visit it.

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    Posted: Jun 14, 2017
  • 老良漫游教堂建筑
    5/5Outstanding
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    Seeing comments from friends about what style of chapel here is, I think I should write something about this monastery, known as a World Heritage Site, which is worth wandering around. This is one of the most important monasteries in medieval England, with charming architecture, majestic memorials and a charming atmosphere. Visiting this place is to find and spiritual cultivation, giving us the opportunity to touch the spiritual birthplace of the English world. For nearly a thousand years, St. Augustine's monastery has been a center of learning and Christian spirituality. When these missionaries realized the difficulties they faced, the missionaries and his companions wanted to abandon their mission. But Pope Gregory was so determined that they were forced to continue their missionary mission that they eventually reached the Kingdom of Kent, where King thelberht was one of the most powerful men in England. Although he had not yet converted to Christianity, possibly because he had married a Christian wife, King Ethelbert welcomed Augustine and his missionaries and landed them outside the walls of the eastern city of Canterbury. Augustine and his companions initially had little success in Canterbury. Later, with the help of Queen Bessiah, King Ethelbert finally became Christian, and more and more subjects later became Christian. Augustine became the first archbishop of Canterbury, the capital of the Kingdom of Kent. The kings of England became the Christian nation, and Canterbury became the religious capital of England. Within 100 years of this, Augustine's work changed the whole of England, and the monastery named after him was the centre of English Christianity. Over the centuries, St. Augustine's monastery developed into a great Romanesque monastery, one of the most magnificent and influential monasteries in Europe. But this power and influence did not last. During the reign of Henry VIII, the great monastery was destroyed. Walking through the ruins and breathing the ancient atmosphere can temporarily keep us away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

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    Posted: Mar 24, 2020
  • 358***33
    4/5Excellent
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    The monastery of St. Augustine in Canterbury is a site built in 597 A.D. but destroyed by the impact of the 16th century religious reforms. Now only a few ruins are seen, which are desolate. At the ticket office entrance, there is a small museum which introduces the history of the monastery. It is included in the World Heritage Site along with Canterbury Cathedral, with a 6 pound ticket.

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    Posted: Sep 22, 2016
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