Vallbona Abbey, otherwise the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona (Catalan: Santa Maria de Vallbona de les Monges; Spanish: El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Vallbona),[1][2] is a Cistercian nunnery in Vallbona de les Monges, in the comarca of Urgell, Catalonia, Spain. Founded in the early 12th century, and built between then and the 14th century, it is one of the most important monastic sites in Catalonia. Its church represents an example of transition between Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The abbey was declared a national monument on 3 June 1931.
Vallbona de les Monges
Together with the monasteries of Poblet and of Santes Creus it forms part of the Cistercian Route.[3]
Model of Vallbona Abbey, at Catalunya en Miniatura
VallbonaAbbey, otherwise the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona (Catalan: Santa Maria de Vallbona de les Monges; Spanish: El Real Monasterio de Santa...
Province Santa María de Poblet Monastery, Tarragona Province Santa María de Vallbona Monastery, Lleida Province Santa María la Real de Fitero Monastery, Navarre...
consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus.) Poblet was one of the two royal pantheons...
daughter Sancha's remains are at the Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona in Vallbona de les Monges, Catalonia. Violant chose burial in that monastery...
related to Vallbona de les Monges. Pàgina web de l'Ajuntament Government data pages (in Catalan) The Hungarian Queen of the VallbonaAbbey (in English)...
greatness thanks to the numerous donations received. Santes Creus along with Vallbona de les Monges and Poblet Monastery are known as the Cistercian triangle...
which provides one of the means of access to the Montserrat mountain and abbey. It can be found 1 hour from the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Travelers...
Observatory - Kinver J67 La Pobla de Vallbona Observatory (Observatorio La Pobla de Vallbona) V Observatorio La Po bla de Vallbona J68 Tweenhills Observatory,...
to be guided by any rule, as the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Vallbona (Vallbona de les Monges), the monastery of Santo Domingo de Ocaña (Toledo) of...
malicious. Comparing that to the caricatures in the west facade of the abbey church of St-Gilles-du-Gard, Naumberg's images do seem relatively tame....
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