Editing Holy Grail (section)

===Locations associated with the Holy Grail===
[[File:Hans Thoma - Die Gralsburg.jpg|thumb|''Die Gralsburg'' (''The Grail Castle'') by [[Hans Thoma]] (1899)]]

In the modern era, a number of places have become associated with the Holy Grail. One of the most prominent is [[Glastonbury]] in [[Somerset]], England. Glastonbury was associated with King Arthur and his resting place of [[Avalon]] by the 12th century.<ref>Wood 2012, p. 51–52.</ref> In the 13th century, a legend arose that Joseph of Arimathea was the founder of [[Glastonbury Abbey]]. Early accounts of Joseph at Glastonbury focus on his role as the evangelist of Britain rather than as the custodian of the Holy Grail, but from the 15th century, the Grail became a more prominent part of the legends surrounding Glastonbury.<ref>Wood 2012, p. 53–55.</ref> Interest in Glastonbury resurged in the late 19th century, inspired by renewed interest in the Arthurian legend and contemporary spiritual movements centered on ancient sacred sites.<ref>Wood 2012, p. 55–60.</ref> In the late 19th century, [[John Goodchild]] hid a glass bowl near Glastonbury; a group of his friends, including [[Wellesley Tudor Pole]], retrieved the cup in 1906 and promoted it as the original Holy Grail.<ref>Wood 2012, p. 57–58.</ref> Glastonbury and its Holy Grail legend have since become a point of focus for various [[New Age]] and [[Neopagan]] groups.<ref>Wood 2012, p. 58–60.</ref>

Some, not least the [[Order of Saint Benedict|Benedictine]] monks, have identified the castle from ''Parzival'' with their real sanctuary of [[Montserrat (mountain)|Montserrat]] in [[Catalonia]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTfQDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT240 | title=Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music | isbn=978-1-4299-4454-0 | last1=Ross | first1=Alex | date=15 September 2020 | publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux }}</ref> In the early 20th century, esoteric writers identified [[Château de Montségur|Montségur]], a stronghold of the heretical [[Cathar]] sect in the 13th century, as the Grail castle. Similarly, the 14th-century [[Rosslyn Chapel]] in [[Midlothian]], Scotland, became attached to the Grail legend in the mid-20th century when a succession of conspiracy books identified it as a secret hiding place of the Grail.<ref>Wood 2012, pp. 75–76, 88–89.</ref>