Glastonbury Abbey

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Glastonbury Abbey is a historic ruined monastery in southwest England, famed for its medieval religious significance and legendary associations with King Arthur.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Glastonbury Abbey canonical 26
Glastonbury Abbey ruins 2
Glastonbury Abbey Museum 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery ⓘ
Christian monastery ⓘ
ruined abbey ⓘ
allegedBurialPlaceOf King Arthur ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
associatedWithLegend King Arthur ⓘ
Queen Guinevere ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Mary ⓘ
destroyedBy Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
dissolutionEvent Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
earlierReligiousSiteDate 5th century ⓘ
excavatedBy Frederick Bligh Bond ⓘ
foundedAs monastery ⓘ
foundedInCentury 7th century ⓘ
governedBy Abbot of Glastonbury ⓘ
linked to: Abbot of Waverley
governingBody charitable trust ⓘ
hasFeature abbey grounds and gardens ⓘ
monastic fishponds ⓘ
hasMuseum Glastonbury Abbey Museum ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury Abbey
hasRuin Lady Chapel ⓘ
abbey church ruins ⓘ
kitchen block ⓘ
monastic cloister ⓘ
heritageDesignation Scheduled monument ⓘ
lastAbbotExecutedIn 1539 ⓘ
linkedToMyth Holy Grail ⓘ
Isle of Avalon ⓘ
linked to: Avalon
listedBuildingStatus Grade I listed structure (selected remains) ⓘ
locatedIn Glastonbury ⓘ
Somerset ⓘ
South West England ⓘ
linked to: southwest England
near Chalice Well ⓘ
Glastonbury Tor ⓘ
notableAbbot Richard Whiting ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
ownedBy Glastonbury Abbey Trust ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
significance important center of early English Christianity ⓘ
major medieval pilgrimage site ⓘ
suppressedIn 1539 ⓘ
usedFor Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
heritage education ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somerset → containsLandmark → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Benedictine Reform → significantPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Æthelwold of Winchester → educatedAt → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edmund I of England → placeOfBurial → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edmund I of England → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Glastonbury → hasLandmark → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Glastonbury → knownFor → Glastonbury Abbey ruins ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Tor → hasViewOf → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Glastonbury Tor → near → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Glastonbury Abbey → hasMuseum → Glastonbury Abbey Museum ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury Abbey
River Brue → historicallyAssociatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Henry, Bishop of Winchester → workLocation → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Henry, Bishop of Winchester → associatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
subject linked to: Ironside
Edmund II → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon monastic communities → notableExample → Monastery of Glastonbury ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury Abbey
Dunstan → educatedAt → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Dunstan → associatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Dunstan → workLocation → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Bishop Jocelin of Wells → associatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → burialPlace → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
subject linked to: the Peaceful
Chalice Well → associatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
St Michael’s Tower → near → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
Meare → historicallyAssociatedWith → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ
St Mary’s Catholic Church, Glastonbury → locatedInTownKnownFor → Glastonbury Abbey ruins ⓘ
linked to: Glastonbury Abbey
Somerset, England → hasHistoricSite → Glastonbury Abbey ⓘ