San Martin de Castañeda Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of San Martín de Castañeda | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Spain Zamora Province |
| Coordinates: | 42 ° 8 '7 " N , 6 ° 43' 12" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
640 |
| Cistercian since | 1245 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Carracedo Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Monastery of San Martín de Castañeda is a former Cistercian abbey in the province of Zamora in Castile-León in Spain . It is located just under a kilometer north of Lake Sanabria in the municipality of Galende, which is part of the Comarca Sanabria .
history
The monastery is said to go back to the time of the Visigoths . In the 11th century it was renewed by Mozarabic monks who had come from Cordoba . In 1245 it joined the Cistercian order as a daughter monastery of Carracedo Monastery and thus belonged to the filiation of 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-aisled church of Santa María has a semicircular main apse with four pillars as contreforts and two semicircular side absiden, each with arched windows with two archivolts that rest on pillars. The central nave with four bays is vaulted with a pointed barrel supported by square pillars. The crossing has a rib vault. The transept barely extends beyond the width of the three long houses. The west facade has a portal and a large rose window . The non-preserved enclosure was in the south of the church.
The complex has been classified as a Monumento Nacional ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) since 1931 .
literature
- 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, p. 121, ISBN 3-496-01076-2 ;
- Javier Sáinz Sáiz, El Románico en Zamora, León: Ediciones Lancia, 2003, p. 91, ISBN 84-8177-041-8 ;
- Miguel Fernández de Prada, El Real Monasterio de San Martin de Castañeda, Ediciones Paulinas, San Pablo, 1998, ISBN 84-285-2132-8 .
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 832.
