Ephrata Cloister
Posted by PA Heritage Staff on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Ephrata Cloister One of America’s earliest – and unusual – communal villages, Ephrata Cloister, a unique complex of medieval style buildings in Lancaster County, offers a rare glimpse at a radical eighteenth century community once inhabited by devout religious celibates and today best known for its original music, fraktur and books. Throughout the year, Ephrata Cloister conducts special...read more