San Juan de Ortega Monastery
| Municipality of Barrios de Colina: San Juan de Ortega | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Burgos | ||
| Comarca : | Villafranca Montes de Oca | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 23 ′ N , 3 ° 26 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 1007 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 22 (2012) INE | ||
| Area code: | 09044000400 | ||
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| Website : | www.sanjuandeortega.com | ||
The Monastery of San Juan de Ortega is a pilgrimage station on the Way of St. James known and community Barrios de Colina belonging Weiler (pedanía) in the Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon .
location
The place and monastery are about 25 km (driving distance) east of the provincial capital Burgos on the western edge of the mountainous forest area of the Montes de Oca .
history
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Initially built as a hospital and chapel in the early 12th century as the founding of St. John of Ortega , it was first mentioned in writing in 1138 in a document from Pope Innocent II , in which he placed the hermitage under his personal protection. The originally impassable area, inhabited by wild animals and feared because of bands of robbers, was made accessible to pilgrims at the instigation of the founding father. Today the monastery is no longer inhabited by monks; but it offers a pilgrim hostel .
Monastery church
The construction of the three-aisled monastery church began in 1150, the apses of which still have clear Romanesque features both inside and outside , whereas the nave with its pointed girdle arches and ribbed vaults already presents early Gothic elements. Renaissance elements are already visible on the portal and on the bell gable (espadaña) . The interior of the central apse shows serrated vault ribs on the sides ; The tiered design of the three central windows is almost unique .
Capitals
There are some notable capitals in the church, most notably the one with the three-part Christmas cycle. It shows the Annunciation by the Archangel Gabriel kneeling before the Virgin Mary . Maria can also be seen visiting her cousin Elizabeth. The birth of Christ and the proclamation among the shepherds in the field are also shown. Twice a year during the equinox , also nine months before the birth at the time of conception on March 21, this capital is illuminated by sun rays shortly before sunset.
Christmas cycle
Replica of the capital with the Christmas cycle in the exhibition room of the monastery
Decor with plant motifs
Fight between two warriors on foot with sword and shield and on horseback with spear
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Furnishing
- The church's furnishings include the Romanesque sarcophagus of the monastery founder, the front of which is decorated with a representation of the mandorla carried by the symbols of the four evangelists and Pantocrator sitting on a throne in the midst of the 12 apostles .
- In addition, the altar retable (retablo) in a side chapel with the theme of the Last Judgment from the Renaissance period is worth mentioning.
- In another side chapel there is a St. A multi-figure Renaissance altar dedicated to Jerome , in the center of which there is a high-quality figure of the penitent hermit and church father .
literature
- Anguita Jaen, Jose Maria: The Way of St. James - A Practical Guide for the Pilgrim. Editorial Everest, León 2008. ISBN 978-84-241-0422-1 .
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
- Rohrbach, Carmen : Way of St. James. Hiking on the heavenly path. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-71081-2 .
- Barbara Haab: Path and change: on the spirituality of today's St. James pilgrims , Volume 15 of Practical Theology in Dialog, Page 115, Verlag Saint-Paul, 1998, ISBN 9783727811593 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Eichinger: San Juan de Ortega , eichinger.ch, April 2013, accessed on December 24, 2015
- ^ Gerhard Brückel: "San Juan de Ortega" monastery, Castile and León , kathedralen.net, July 2012, accessed on December 24, 2015
Web links
- San Juan de Ortega - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, Spanish)
- Monastery Church of San Juan de Ortega - Photos + Info (arteguias, Spanish)
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