The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey (Gaelic: An Abaid Ur), was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in what is now the village of New Abbey, in the historical …

Discover the tale of devotion behind the abbey’s evocative name. Monks named it Dulce Cor in memory of Lady Dervorguilla, who founded the abbey in tribute to her beloved husband, John …

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In the heart of Scotland’s “Maxwell country,” lie the ruins of an abbey built more than seven centuries ago by one person for the love of another. Sweetheart Abbey, about seven miles from …

Sweetheart Abbey is now in a state of ruins, but its outer shell is still very much intact. If you don’t want to pay the admission fee, you can still get access to good viewpoints on 2 sides of the …

La Abadía de Dulce Cor, más conocida como Abadía de Dulce Cor, fue un monasterio cisterciense fundado en 1275 en lo que hoy es el pueblo de New Abbey, en el histórico condado de …

2025년 9월 26일 · Explore Sweetheart Abbey in Dumfries & Galloway. Learn the romantic, macabre tale of Lady Dervorguilla and her husband's heart. Your essential travel guide.

Following his death, she carried his embalmed heart with her in an ivory box wherever she went. When she died, she was buried at the abbey, with the casket containing the heart alongside her. …

Sweetheart Abbey was founded in 1275AD as a Cistercian religious house. It was a daughterhouse of Dundrennan Abbey, and therefore referred to as "Novum Monasterium" ("new …