Oia Monastery
| Oia Monastery | |
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 View from the land side |
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| location |
 Spain Pontevedra Province |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 8 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ W |
| founding year | 7th century |
| Cistercian since | 1185 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1836 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
The Oia Monastery (Spanish Oya or Santa María la Real de Oia) is a former Cistercian monastery in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia in Spain . It is located in the municipality ( concello ) Oia in the comarca O Baixo Miño between Baiona and A Guarda almost directly on the Atlantic coast of the Rías Baixas around 14 km north of the border with Portugal .
history
The monastery, possibly built in the 7th century, was attached to the Cistercian order in 1185. It submitted to the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . The foundation is said to have already been made by Alfonso VII and is dated to around 1132. In 1547 it joined the Castilian Cistercian Congregation. The monastery played a role in various actions during the naval war in the 17th and 18th centuries. The secularization of the Mendizábal government brought the monastery to an end in 1836. The church became a parish church and the monastery came into private hands. Portuguese Jesuits used the monastery from 1910 to 1932 . The church was listed as a historical monument in 1931. During the Spanish Civil War , the monastery served as a prison.
Buildings and plant
The church was built from 1190. It is a three-aisled complex with four bays in the form of a Latin cross with a transept and a rectangular choir . The two chapels on the east side of the transept are arranged slightly staggered. The room under the west gallery is provided with a Gothic rib vault . The church has a baroque facade . The monastery buildings to the north of the church have been renovated in recent years.
literature
- Avelino Baquero Alonso: Breve historia del Monasterio y Parroquia de Santa María de Oia. FAMA, Curuxo - Vigo, undated , ISBN 84-88272-25-1
- Henrik Karge: Gothic architecture in Castile and León. in: Spanish Art History - An Introduction, ed. by Sylvaine Hensel and Henrik Karge, Vol. 1, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-496-01076-2
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 764.
