Monasterio de Sigena
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Hospitaller
- Era
- 12th Century
- Architectural style
- Romanesque
- Founded
- 1188
- Current status
- Ruins
- Location
- Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca
- Province
- Huesca
- Region
- Aragón
A Royal Monastery of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, founded by Queen Sancha of Castile. Once home to extraordinary Romanesque paintings, some tragically destroyed in the Civil War.
Highlights
- Royal monastery of Hospitaller nuns
- Romanesque chapter house paintings
- Pantheon of Aragonese queens
- Partially destroyed in 1936
Related Military Orders
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