Scotland Melrose Abbey

Melrose Abbey in Melrose, Scotland, was built around 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland. The Ostend was completed in 1146 - other buildings in the complex were added within the next 50 years. The abbey was built in the form of a St. John's Cross, a construction of Gothic architecture. Large parts of the monastery are preserved today only as ruins, a building from 1590 is accessible as a museum.