Valdediós Monastery
| Valdediós Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
 Valdediós Monastery |
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| location |
 Spain Asturias |
| Coordinates: | 43 ° 26 '9 " N , 5 ° 30' 40" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
520 |
| Patronage | St. Mary (mother of Jesus) |
| founding year | 1200 by Benedictines |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Sobrado Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
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Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Valdediós Monastery (Vallis Dei) is a medieval, reoccupied Cistercian abbey in the Boides Valley in the municipality of Villaviciosa in Asturias , Spain .
history
The monastery was founded in 1200 by Alfonso IX. of León next to the pre-Romanesque church of San Salvador de Valdediós , a highlight of Asturian architecture, built by King Alfonso III. of Asturias built in 893 as his retirement home. After a period of prosperity and decline in the period of the Coming, the monastery joined the Castilian Cistercian Congregation in 1515. During the war of independence, the monastery had to be abandoned from 1808 to 1812. Under the reign of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal , it was dissolved in 1835, but some monks, the last of whom died in 1862, stayed in the monastery. From 1862 to 1951, the buildings of the Diocese of Oviedo served as a seminary and college. In 1992 Cistercian monks moved into it again, who left it again in 2008. Today the monastery is entrusted to the community of St. John .
Buildings and plant
The cross-shaped, cross-rib vaulted church with a porch, semicircular apses , a nave and two side aisles was started in the 13th century. Some of the furnishings come from the 18th century, including the baroque organ. The sacristy with a net vault was built in the 16th century. After a flood in the 16th century, the medieval cloister was replaced by a two-story Renaissance cloister, which was given a third floor in the 18th century.
literature
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 768.
