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 Scotland's Isle of Mull & Iona Featuring Iona Abbey
Mull and Iona are two of the most picturesque and history laiden islands in Scotland. This collection of 10 images gives just a taste of what they have to offer.
Scotland'
s Iona Abbey : IN 563, Saint Columba camefrom Ireland to Iona.He founded a Monastery on this site.The abbey grew quickly and soon became one of the largest religious centres in Western Europe. Monks from Iona set up religious centres as far away as Switzerland.The world famous illuminated manuscript the Book of Kells was produced by the monks of Iona in the years leading up to 800. IN 806,
everyone at the abbey was found dead.This has been attributed to a Viking massacre.Three other Viking attacks are recorded with eleven years of this date. |
Collection #:
C1000262 by
Photomac
Number of Images:22
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