Valle Crucis Abbey

Valle Crucis Abbey
Religion
Affiliation	Catholicism, Cistercians
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Ruins. Abbey dissolved 1537.
Year consecrated	pre 1236
Location
Location	Llantysilio, Denbighshire, Wales
Valle Crucis Abbey shown within Wales
Geographic coordinates	52°59′21″N 3°11′14″W / 52.98918°N 3.187142°W / 52.98918; -3.187142
Architecture
Type	Monastery
Style	Cistercian
Groundbreaking	1201

Valle Crucis Abbey (Valley of the Cross) is a Cistercian abbey located in Llantysilio in Denbighshire, north Wales. More formally the Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Valle Crucis it is known in Welsh both as Abaty Glyn Egwestl and Abaty Glyn y Groes. The abbey was built in 1201 by Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, Prince of Powys Fadog. Valle Crucis was dissolved in 1537 during the dissolution of the monasteries, and subsequently fell into serious disrepair. The building is now a ruin, though large parts of the original structure still survive. Valle Crucis Abbey is now under the care of Cadw. The abbey received 5,690 visitors in 2018.^[1]