Santa María de la Valldigna Monastery
| Valldigna Cistercian Abbey | |
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 View of the monastery |
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| location |
 SpainValencia Province of Valencia |
| Coordinates: | 39 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 19 ′ 0 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
681 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| founding year | 1298 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Santes Creus Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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The Monastery of Santa Maria de la Valldigna (Vallis Digna) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Valencian Community in Spain . It is located in Simat de la Valldigna in the province of Valencia around 30 km south of Valencia .
history
The monastery was founded in 1298 by Jacob (Jaime) II of Aragón and was occupied by monks from the Santes Creus monastery . So it belonged to the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1381 Valldigna founded the monastery of Sant Bernat de Rascanya (initially priory) in Valencia , which later joined the Order of the Hieronymites under the name of Sant Miquel dels Reis. The Gothic building suffered severe damage in earthquakes in 1396 and 1644. The current church comes from the baroque reconstruction. In the course of the abolition of the monastery by the Mendizábal government , the monastery was dissolved in 1835. Parts of the monastery were sold as building materials.
Plant and buildings
Of the monastery complex are the monastery wall, the king's gate (Porta reial) from the 14th century with the adjacent Chapel of Our Lady, the monastery church (14th - 17th centuries) and parts of the enclosure with the south wing of the cloister, the refectory (14th century ) and the chapter house (15th century). After strong earthquakes in 1396 and 1644, extensive renovations were carried out.
literature
- SERRANO i DONET, A., El Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Valldigna: una construcció per a la destrucció , Edicions la Xara, Benifairó de la Valldigna 1996.
- FORT i COGUL, E., Santes Creus i Valldigna: unes quantes notícies de llurs relacions , Edicions La Xara, Simat de la Valldigna 1997.
- MARTÍNEZ GARCÍA, JM, Guía del monasterio de santa María de la Valldigna , Edicions La Xara, Simat de la Valldigna 2000.
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 863 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Joan Fuguet Sans / Carme Plaza Arque: El Cister: El patrimoni dels monestirs catalans a la Corona d'Aragó, p. 84, Barcelona 1998, p. 84, ISBN 84-232-0597-5
- ^ Joan Fuguet Sans / Carme Plaza Arqué: El Cister - El patrimoni dels monestirs catalans a la Corona d'Aragó.
