For many years, the abbey was turned into a fortress, happily joining in itself martial and religious architecture.

We walked through the ruins of the abbey.

Most of Downtown Abbey was shot at Highclere Castle in Hampshire, England.

Isaac Newton was buried in Westminster Abbey.

An abbey once stood here.

Westminster Abbey is one of the most famous tourist sites in Britain’s capital, London.

Many music-lovers make pilgrimages to places like Abbey Road in London.

I saw the mouldering ruin of an abbey overrun with ivy, and the taper spire of a village church rising from the brow of a neighboring hill.