Ermelo Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Ermelo | |
|---|---|
 The monastery church |
|
| location |
 Portugal Viana do Castelo district |
| Coordinates: | 41 ° 51 '13 " N , 8 ° 17' 22" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
? |
| founding year | 1230 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1560 |
| Mother monastery | Fiães Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Ermelo Monastery (Santa Maria de Ermelo) is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Ermelo on the Rio Lima near Arcos de Valdevez in the Viana do Castelo district in Portugal .
history
In the first years of the 12th century, Queen Doña Teresa founded a Benedictine monastery for aristocratic women in Ermelo , which later placed itself under the Cistercian order and (probably as a monastery) has been under the Fiães monastery since the 13th century . The monastery was abandoned in 1553 and closed seven years later. The church became a parish church. Part of the complex was demolished in 1754.
Buildings and plant
The one-nave Romanesque church with a rose window and ruinous remains of the enclosure in the south have been preserved. The facility was classified as a national monument in 1977.
literature
- António Manuel da Silva Braz: O mosteiro ea igreja do Ermelo: património cisterciense esquecido no tempo. Master Thesis, Universidade do Minho 2007, online
Web links
- Low-content website of the Certosa di Firenze
- Mosteiro de Ermelo (restos da igreja e da abadia cisterciense). In: Pesquisa Geral - Pesquisa do Patrimonio. Direção Geral do Património Cultural , accessed March 28, 2018 (Portuguese).
- Notes on history
Individual evidence
- ↑ as a monastery z. B. at Becking: Cistercian monasteries in Europe. 2000, ISBN 3-931836-44-4 , sheet 81, listed