San Martín Pinario
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Benedictine
- Era
- 10th Century
- Architectural style
- Baroque
- Founded
- 912
- Current status
- Seminary & Museum
- Location
- Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
- Province
- A Coruña
- Region
- Galicia
The second-largest monastery in Spain after El Escorial, dominating the northern side of the Plaza de la Inmaculada in Santiago de Compostela. Its Baroque façade rivals the Cathedral.
Highlights
- Second-largest monastery in Spain
- Massive Baroque façade
- In Santiago de Compostela
- Rivals the Cathedral in scale
More Monasteries in Galicia
- Monasterio de Oseira — Cistercian, 12th Century. Known as 'the Galician Escorial' for its grand scale, this Cistercian monastery in the Ourense mountains has been continuously inhabited by monks for nearly 900 years.
- Monasterio de Sobrado dos Monxes — Cistercian, 10th Century. A massive Cistercian monastery on the Camino de Santiago with a Baroque church of extraordinary proportions. Refounded in 1966, it once again houses a Trappist community.
- Monasterio de Samos — Benedictine, 6th Century. One of the oldest monasteries in the Western world with continuous monastic life, featuring two cloisters — including Spain's largest — and connections to the Camino de Santiago.
- Monasterio de Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil — Benedictine, 10th Century. A spectacular monastery perched above the Sil river canyon, now a luxury Parador hotel. Its three cloisters span from Romanesque to Baroque, and nine bishops reportedly retired here.
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