Bouro Monastery
| Bouro Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Bouro Monastery |
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| location |
 Portugal Braga district |
| Coordinates: | 41 ° 39 '33 " N , 8 ° 16' 0" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
403 |
| founding year | 1148 by Benedictines |
| Cistercian since | 1195 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1834 |
| Mother monastery | Mosteiro de Alcobaça |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Bouro Monastery (Santa Maria de Bouro; Burium) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Concelho Amares , Braga district in Portugal , near the Rio Cávado .
history
The monastery was founded in 1148 by Dom Afonso Henriques for Benedictine monks , came to the Cistercian order as a subsidiary of Alcobaça monastery in 1195 , in whose files it appears for the first time in 1205, and belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux primary abbey . From 1383 to 1385 the monastery was involved in border battles with Galicia . At the beginning of the 15th century the monastery began to decline and soon afterwards the coming was introduced. After the monastery had belonged to the Portuguese Cistercian Congregation from the end of the 16th century, it was subsequently restored and the church received a new facade. In the 18th century a new refectory and a new east wing of the enclosure were built. Like all Portuguese Cistercian monasteries, Bouro was dissolved in 1834.
In 1997 the monastery building was renovated with the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Edoardo Souto Moura and the Pousada de Amares, Hotel Santa Maria do Bouro, opened.
Plant and buildings
The facility was renewed in the 17th century. The church facade bears statues of the first kings of Portugal in niches. Inside the church, paintings and azulejos represent the life of St. Bernhard von Clairvaux . The Pousada de Santa Maria de Bouro is now housed in the rebuilt monastery buildings.
