Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. It is located approximately south-west of Ripon in North Yorkshire, near to the village of Aldfield. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust and part of the designated Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey UNESCO World Heritage Site. After a dispute and riot in 1132 at
San Giusto Abbey, Tuscania San Giusto was deposed because of alleged lapses in monastic discipline. Subsequently, San Giusto was placed under the control first of the Cistercian Abbey of Casamari and second under the control of S. Anastasio Abbey at Aquas Salvias, better known as Tre Fontane Abbey, by a papal bull (1255) of Pope Alexander IV (1254-1261). San Giusto appears to have still had abbots into the fourteenth century. The abbey was permanently suppressed in 1460, after which its buildings fell into disrepair. Architecturally, San Giusto is a typical Cistercian monastery of the mid twelfth century, with a church, tower, cloister, chapter house,