National Geographic Travelのインスタグラム(natgeotravel) - 8月17日 22時59分

Photo by @jeffmauritzen / Words by Justin Kavanagh. // Glendalough is one of Ireland’s great monastic sites, where St. Kevin became abbot in 570 A.D. Kevin actually went deep into Wicklow to live as a hermit, but his followers did what followers do. Here and at other sites like the Skellig Islands, the Irish “saved civilization” (according to Thomas Cahill’s famous bestseller) by transcribing the scriptures into words and illustration, while the forces of darkness threatened to overrun Europe.
The 110-feet (33 m) high round tower, built in the 10th century, allowed the monks excellent lookout views and the stairless door some 12 feet (3.5 m) above the ground meant they could beat a retreat heavenward whenever Vikings invaded.
After Kevin’s death, such disciples sought holiness in the acquisition of relics. In our modern, secular world, this practice is echoed in the bidding for sports stars’ uniforms in online auctions and in the collecting of celebrity memorabilia. If you'd like to hear more stories from our assignment updating the 5th edition of the #NatGeoTravel guidebook, please follow @jeffmauritzen.

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