Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
| Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba | |
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 Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba |
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| location |
 Spain Region of Valencia |
| Lies in the diocese | Valencia |
| Coordinates: | 38 ° 56 '26.5 " N , 0 ° 14' 45.9" W |
| Patronage | Hieronymus (Church Father) |
| founding year | 1388 by Hieronymites |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Xabia Monastery |
| Congregation | Hieronymites |
The Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba , ( Spanish San Jerónimo de Cotalba ) was a of 1388 existing to 1835 Hieronymite in the municipality Alfahuir , province of Valencia Autonomous Community of Valencia , Spain .
As part of the Mendizábaldesamortization , the monks left the expropriated monastery on August 6, 1835. The Trénor family acquired it in 1843 from the Spanish state. Since then it has been privately owned and has been open to the public since 2005 in agreement with the Ministry of Culture. This cultural asset , protected since 1994 , from the 14th century contains important elements in the Mudéjar style , Gothic , Baroque and Classicism .
gallery
Mudejar cloister , 14th century.
Flamboyant Gothic staircase, work by Pere Compte , 15th century.
Medieval sarcophagus of the children by Alfonso de Aragón y Foix , 14th century.
The Last Supper by Nicolau Borràs .
literature
- Fernando Mut Oltra y Vicente Palmer Terrades: Real Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Cotalba . Fernando Mut, Editor, Gandía, 1999. ISBN 84-60591166 [not evaluated] ( Spanish )
- Jesús Eduard Alonso López: Sant Jeroni de Cotalba: desintegració feudal i vida monàstica (segles XVIII y XIX) . Gandía, CEIC Alfonso el Vell, 1988, ISBN 84-86927-00-5 [not evaluated] ( Valencian )
- Francisco Javier Delicado Martínez y Carolina Ballester Hermán. El Monasterio de Cotalba (Gandía). Una fundación Jerónima del Siglo XIV ( Memento of April 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). (PDF file; 2.21 MB, Spanish) University of Valencia .
- Arturo Zaragozá Catalán. Arquitectura gótica valenciana.Siglos XIII-XV . Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana, 2000, ISBN 978-84-482-2545-2 ( Spanish )
- Arturo Zaragozá Catalán. Memorias Olvidadas. Imágenes de la escultura gótica valenciana . Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana, 2015, ISBN 978-84-482-6017-0 ( Spanish )
- Mateo Gómez, Isabel, López-Yarto, Amelia y Prados García, José María, El arte de la Orden Jerónima: historia y mecenazgo , Madrid, Encuentro, 2000, ISBN 978-84-7490-552-6 pp. 281-284. ( Spanish )
See also
- Route of the Monasteries of Valencia
- Route of the Borgia
- Hieronymites
- Alfonso de Aragon y Foix
- Alfonso de Aragon y Eiximenis
Web links
- Website of the Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba (English and Spanish)
- “Simple and magnificent” , Anne Thesing, February 6, 2015, Costa Blanca News
