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Reading Abbey, UK. Built 1121, destroyed in 1539 during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Once one of the largest monasteries in Europe. Only surviving building is the gatehouse on the right

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Comments

  1. TheGameYouLostIt says

    TIL that there was

    Dissolution of the Monasteries.

  2. AvielanderBright says

    The Dissolution of the Monasteries was such a shame. A bunch of beautiful buildings that just went poof.

  3. wings22 says

    Gatehouse on streetview: https://goo.gl/maps/2D8DfdkKkpJ717Qh9

  4. dahamsta says

    Pronounced "redding".

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