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The majestic ruins of Rievaulx Abbey rising from the depths of the
narrow valley of the river Rye, serves to illustrate the power, wealth and
importance that monastic communities held in medieval England. Rievaulx Abbey
was founded in 1132 and was the first Cistercian abbey in the North of
England.
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