Valparaíso Monastery
| Valparaíso Cistercian Abbey | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Spain Zamora Province |
| Coordinates: | 41 ° 19 '43 " N , 5 ° 44' 0" W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
335 |
| founding year | 1137 |
| Cistercian since | 1152 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Clairvaux Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Clairvaux Monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
The Valparaíso Monastery (Nuestra Señora de Valparaíso, Vallis Paradisi) is a former Cistercian abbey between Pelleas de Arriba and El Cubo in the south of the province of Zamora in Castile-León in Spain , on the Via de la Plata .
history
The monastery is said to have emerged from a pilgrims' hostel in 1137; it was probably at the instigation of King Alfonso VII of Castile in 1152 that it placed itself under the Clairvaux Primary Abbey of the Cistercian Order. King Ferdinand III was born in the monastery in 1199 . born of Castile . During the abolition of the monastery under the government of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal , the monastery was dissolved in 1835. Then it disappeared. A monument commemorates the monastery.
Buildings and plant
Nothing has survived from the monastery. Its gates are exhibited in the Zamora Cathedral .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nortecastilla.es/prensa/20070603/zamora/ingenieros-militares-honran-fernando_20070603.html
literature
- Suzana Royer: Algunos aspectos de las relaciones entre un monasterio y su entorno: Valparaiso, História: Questões & Debates , Curitiba, n. 37, pp. 37–63, 2003, Editora UFPR
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 834.