Nogales Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Nogales | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Spain Province of León |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 8 '55 " N , 5 ° 55' 17" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
389 |
| founding year | 1150 |
| Cistercian since | 1164 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1836 |
| Mother monastery | Moreruela Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Nogales Monastery ( Santa María de Nogales or Santa María de Nucalibus ) is a former Cistercian abbey in the province of León on the border with the province of Zamora in Castile-León in northern Spain . The ruins of the abbey are recognized as a 'National Heritage' ( Bien de Interés Cultural ).
location
The Nogales monastery is located at an altitude of approx. 780 meters above sea level. d. M. about 200 meters west of the Río Eria in the area of the municipality of San Esteban de Nogales ; The next larger city is Benavente, about 32 kilometers (driving distance) southeast .
history
The monastery, originally founded by Vela Gutièrrez Osórez and Sancha Ponce de Cabrera in 1150 for nuns, joined the Cistercian order in 1164 as a subsidiary of Moreruela Monastery from the affiliation of Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1264, Doña Urraca and her children owned it in Alcubilla. When the monastery was dissolved ( desamortizatión ) under the government of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal , the monastery was dissolved in 1836. The buildings were released for demolition and sold. As a result it fell into disrepair; only ruins remain.
Buildings and plant
The ruins of the church and the cloister area are partly from the Romanesque and Gothic eras , but other parts of the complex (especially the portal) were renewed during the Renaissance . Unusual for a Cistercian monastery is the towering bell tower ( campanario ), which is likely to come from the previous building.
Sarcophagi
Two Renaissance sarcophagi standing in the church with the reclining figures ( gisants ) of Don Suero de Quiñones and his wife Elvira Zúñiga were removed in 1835, sold and resold for decades, and finally acquired by the Hispanic Society of America in 1913 and moved to New York spent; They can still be seen in the attached museum today. Suero de Quiñones was the descendant of the knight who, in July and August of 1434, fought for a month against every competitor who wanted to cross the bridge of Órbigo - this episode went down in Spanish history as the Paso Honroso .
literature
- José Dionisio Colinas Lobato: Real Monasterio de Santa María de Nogales. Diputación de León: Instituto Leonés de Cultura 2006, ISBN 84-95702-56-8 .
- Claude de Bronseval, Francisco Calero: Viaje por España (Peregrinatio Hispanica), 1532-1533 , Editorial Centro de Estudios Ramón Areces, SA, Madrid, undated (1991), pp. 173 ff., ISBN 84-87191-80 -0 .
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 820.
Web links
- Nogales Monastery - Photos + Info (Spanish)
- Nogales Monastery - Photos + Info (Spanish)