Theodor Fontane once called her "the most beautiful and captivating of all ruins". Monastery Melrose was built around 1136 by Cistercian monks in the form of a St. John's Cross. Today only ruins remain, but there are still stone ornaments that depict saints, dragons, gargoyles and plants. A building…
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Theodor Fontane once called her "the most beautiful and captivating of all ruins". Monastery Melrose was built around 1136 by Cistercian monks in the form of a St. John's Cross. Today only ruins remain, but there are still stone ornaments that depict saints, dragons, gargoyles and plants. A building…