Peñamaior Monastery
| Peñamaior Monastery | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Spain Province of Lugo |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 50 ′ 59 " N , 7 ° 10 ′ 0" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
593 |
| founding year | 12th century |
| Cistercian since | 1225 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Carracedo Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
The Peñamaior Monastery (Santa María de Peñamayor) is a former Cistercian monastery in the province of Lugo in Galicia in Spain . It is located on the slopes of the Sierra de Pena do Pico in the Concello Becerreá around 44 km southwest of Lugo on the old main road N-VI to Ponferrada .
history
The monastery joined the Cistercian order in 1225 as a subsidiary of the Carracedo monastery west of Ponferrada in Bierzo in Castile-León . It thus belonged to the filiation of the Cîteaux monastery . In the monastery suspension ( disentailment ) under the government of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal the monastery in 1835, was dissolved.
Buildings and plant
The three-nave, four-bay church with three apses (the middle polygonal, the sides semicircular) is Romanesque. The facade was changed in the 18th century; it still has a portal with semicircular arches. Apart from the church, nothing has been preserved from the monastery.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 758.