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
Solières Abbey Solières Abbey Solières Abbey () is a former Cistercian nunnery located at Ben-Ahin, a sub-municipality of Huy, in the province of Liège, Belgium. The abbey was founded in the late 12th century as an Augustinian community, which affiliated itself to the Cistercians in 1229. It is said the abbey was founded in 1100AD by Peter the Hermit, on his return from the first crusade. The abbey was dissolved in 1795 during the French Revolution and sold off as a national asset in 1797. The church and most of the conventual buildings were demolished but the purchaser of the abbess's residence,