Iona Abbey and Nunnery, Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Iona Abbey and Nunnery, on the island of Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. On the right is St John's Cross or the Iona Cross, a replica of the original 8th century cross which is in Iona Abbey Museum. Iona abbey was founded by the Celtic monk St Columba in 563 AD. A stone abbey was begun c. 800 AD and the Benedictine monastery and Augustinian nunnery were built in the 13th century. St Aidan was a monk here in the 7th century and the Book of Kells produced here. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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