Fountains: the ruin as part of a later garden

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In Studley Royal, the ruins of the 12th-century Cistercian Abbey of Fauntins are incorporated into an 18th-century landscape layout. UNESCO examines together abbey, water gardens and buildings from different periods. [1]

Here the ruin is not only a testimony of lost construction. In the later composition, it also becomes a view to which the space is organized. When considering, distinguish the original function of the monastery walls from their role in the garden ensemble. The same preserved structure may be involved in more than one historical narrative.