Monasterio de Vallbona de les Monges
Key facts
- Type
- Monastery
- Religious order
- Cistercian
- Era
- 12th Century
- Architectural style
- Romanesque-Gothic
- Founded
- 1153
- Current status
- Active
- Location
- Vallbona de les Monges, Lleida
- Province
- Lleida
- Region
- Catalonia
The third monastery of Catalonia's 'Cistercian Triangle', home to a community of nuns for over 850 years. Its Gothic church features a remarkable octagonal lantern tower.
Highlights
- Third point of Cistercian Triangle
- 850+ years of continuous female community
- Gothic octagonal lantern tower
- Renaissance tombs
More Monasteries in Catalonia
- Monasterio de Montserrat — Benedictine, 11th Century. Catalonia's most sacred site, perched high in bizarre serrated mountains. Home to the Black Virgin (La Moreneta) and the world-famous Escolania boys' choir, one of Europe's oldest.
- Monasterio de Poblet — Cistercian, 12th Century. The greatest Cistercian monastery in Spain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Royal pantheon of the Crown of Aragón, with magnificent Gothic cloisters and a fortified precinct.
- Monasterio de Santes Creus — Cistercian, 12th Century. One of three great Cistercian monasteries in Catalonia (the 'Cistercian Triangle'), with the finest Gothic cloister in Spain. Royal tombs of Peter III and James II lie in its magnificent church.
- Sant Pere de Rodes — Benedictine, 10th Century. A spectacularly sited Benedictine monastery perched on a mountaintop above the Cap de Creus peninsula, with panoramic views to the Mediterranean and the Pyrenees.
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