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Abbey Type Founded Location Closed Re-established Details Santa María la Real, Fitero: 1141 Fitero, Spain 1835 Santa María de la Oliva: 1134 Carcastillo, Spain 1835 1927 Poblet Monastery: 1151 Catalonia, Spain 1835 1940s Listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site since 1991 Monastery of Alcobaça: 1153 Portugal
1.18 Spain. 1.19 Sweden. 1.20 Switzerland. ... List of abbeys and priories is a link list for any abbey or priory. ... New Melleray Abbey, near Dubuque, Iowa.
Monasteries in Spain have a rich artistic and cultural tradition, and serve as testament to Spain's religious history and political-military history, from the Visigothic Period to the Middle Ages. The monasteries played an important role in the recruitment conducted by Christian aristocracy during and after the progress of the Reconquista ...
This is a list of Carthusian monasteries, or charterhouses, containing both extant and dissolved monasteries of the Carthusians (also known as the Order of Saint Bruno) for monks and nuns, arranged by location under their present countries. Also listed are ancillary establishments (distilleries, printing houses) and the "houses of refuge" used ...
Pages in category "Benedictine monasteries in Spain" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Monfero Abbey; P. Monastery of San Pedro de ...
Black Abbey in Kilkenny (1225-1558, 1640s, late 1680s, and since 1776) Athenry Abbey in Athenry (1241-1574) St. Dominic's Abbey in Cashel, County Tipperary (1243-1540 and 18th-19th centuries) Strade Abbey in County Mayo (1252-1578 and 18th century) Roscommon Abbey in Roscommon (1253-1570s) Sligo Abbey in Sligo (1253-1913, with interruptions)
Near Nursia, a town in Perugia, Italy, a first abbey was established at Monte Cassino (529 AD). [5] Between 520 and 700 AD, monasteries were built which were spacious and splendid. All the city states of Italy hosted a Benedictine convent as did the cities of England, France and Spain.
St. Jacob's (Jakub) Church in Cirkvice (near Kutná Hora) St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč; St. Peter's Rotunda in Starý Plzenec; St. Peter and Paul Rotunda in Budeč (near Zákolany u Kladna) Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St. Catherine in Znojmo; St. Martin's Rotunda in Vyšehrad, Prague; St. Catherine's Rotunda in Česká Třebová