Melón Monastery
| Melón Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Church from the northeast |
|
| location |
 Spain Galicia |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 15 ′ 20 ″ N , 8 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
170 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1142 ? |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
San Clodio Monastery (1225) |
The Melón Monastery (Santa María de Melón) is a former Cistercian abbey in the province of Ourense in Galicia in Spain . It is located in the Ribeiro around 7 km southwest of Ribadavia and around 40 km west of Ourense (Orense), near the Autovía from Ourense to Vigo and not far from the Rio Miño .
history
The monastery is said to have been founded in 1142 by King Alfonso VII or in 1158 by Countess Fruela Fernández. It is considered a daughter monastery of Clairvaux Primary Abbey and became the mother monastery of San Clodio Monastery when it joined the Cistercian Order in 1225. In the 12th century it acquired major land holdings in what are now the provinces of Orense and Pontevedra. In the 16th century the monastery joined the Castilian Cistercian Congregation. The abolition of the monastery by the Mendizábal government in 1835 brought the monastery to an end; the complex was declared a national monument in 1961.
Buildings and plant
The monastery church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries in the shape of a Latin cross . It has three aisles with seven bays each with a transept, a semicircular ambulatory around the polygonal choir with three chapels and a rectangular tower next to the crossing. The entrance portal and the partly ruinous monastery complex with two cloisters, one of which dates from the 16th century, have also been preserved.
overall view
Monastery gate
Look into the church
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 759–760.