The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Loch Buie (1992) shuttles between Fionnphort on the Scottish mainland and Baile Mòr on the Isle of Iona.

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Baile Mòr is the only village on the Isle of Iona, Scotland. For centuries pilgrims have landed here to visit Iona Abbey visible on the horizon.

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MacLean's Cross on the Isle of Iona, Scotland, dates from around the year 1500. Pilgrims heading for the Abbey would pause here to pray.

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Iona Abbey and Nunnery on the Isle of Iona was founded by the Irish abbot St. Columba in 563 AD. From here Christianity spread through Scotland. The building was reconstructed in 1910 on the ruins of earlier churches.

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"The Descent of the Spirit" by Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz is prominently displayed in the cloister of Iona Abbey and Nunnery on the Isle of Iona, Scotland.

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