Seiça Monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Seiça | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Portugal Coimbra District |
| Coordinates: | 40 ° 1 '58 " N , 8 ° 47' 0" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
511 |
| founding year | 1195 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1834 |
| Mother monastery | Mosteiro de Alcobaça |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Seiça Monastery ( Mosteiro de Seiça , Santa Maria de Seiça, Ceica) is a former Cistercian abbey in the Freguesia Paião , Concelho Figueira da Foz on the southern border of the Coimbra district in Portugal . It is located between Figueira da Foz and Pombal, next to the Seiça railway station. Every year on the Assumption of Mary (August 15), a three-day festival with market stalls (gastronomy, textiles, handicrafts, fruit and vegetables, agricultural implements) takes place on the area between the chapel of Seiça and the ruins of the monastery.
history
The monastery was donated by Dom Afonso Henriques after a miracle appearance at the nearby Nossa Senhora de Seiça chapel, became a subsidiary of the Alcobaça monastery in 1195 and was part of the filiation of the Clairvaux Primary Abbey . In 1348 the black plague killed 150 members of the monastery family within two months. In 1513 King Manuel I ordered the renovation of the severely run-down monastery. Like all Portuguese Cistercian monasteries, Seiça was dissolved in 1834. After 1834 a rice husking factory was set up.
Buildings and plant
The monastery was rebuilt in the 17th century by the architect Mateus Rodrigues. The single-nave baroque church with interconnected side chapels has a double tower facade with a vestibule with three arcades. The facility is in a dilapidated state. The high choir, the domed crossing , parts of the nave and the transept have collapsed. From the northern church retreat two wings with are the refectory , the library and a few monks' cells receive.
Web links
- Seiça. cistercensi.info (Portuguese)
- Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Ceiça. freguesiadepaiao.pt/ (Portuguese)
- Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Seiça. Patrimonio Cultural (Portuguese)
- Monumentos - Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Ceiça. ( Memento of April 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Portuguese)
