Valle Crucis on both sides of the Atlantic
Valle Crucis Abbey is a Cistercian abbey located near Llangollen in Denbighshire, Wales. Also known Abaty Glyn y Groes – the welsh for cross.
Valle Crucis in an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. The name of the town is Latin for "Vale of the Cross," a reference to a valley in the area where three streams converge to form a shape similar to an archbishop's cross.
The Holy Cross Episcopal Church, was built in 1926 and modelled on a now-defunct medieval monastery in Wales and is noteworthy for its architecture.
