Monasterio de San Pelayo
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Benedictine
- Era
- 10th Century
- Architectural style
- Baroque
- Founded
- 996
- Current status
- Active
- Location
- Oviedo, Asturias
- Region
- Asturias
One of the oldest active monasteries in Spain, dating to the 10th century and still home to a community of Benedictine nuns in the heart of Oviedo.
Highlights
- Still an active Benedictine convent
- Located in Oviedo's old quarter
- Famous for pastries made by nuns
- Over 1,000 years of continuous use
More Monasteries in Asturias
- San Salvador de Valdediós — Cistercian, 9th Century. Known as 'El Conventín', this tiny pre-Romanesque church (893 AD) stands beside a later Cistercian monastery. It represents the final flowering of Asturian pre-Romanesque architecture.
- Monasterio de Cornellana — Benedictine, 11th Century. A Benedictine monastery on the Camino de Santiago, founded by Countess Cristina in 1024. Its Romanesque church and Baroque cloister reflect centuries of Asturian monastic tradition.
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