# Tintern Abbey and Courtyard

- By: Saffron Blaze
- Date: 2011-05-31
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tintern_Abbey_and_Courtyard.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Tintern_Abbey_and_Courtyard.jpg/1920px-Tintern_Abbey_and_Courtyard.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Tintern Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Tyndyrn) was founded on May 9, 1131. This is a view of the ruins from the East just as the sun rises over the hills. The inner courtyard is in view.