Villanueva de Oscos monastery
| Cistercian Abbey of Villanueva de Oscos | |
|---|---|
| location |
 Spain Asturias |
| Coordinates: | 43 ° 18 ′ 37 ″ N , 6 ° 58 ′ 52 ″ W |
| Serial number according to Janauschek |
541 |
| Patronage | St. Mary |
| Cistercian since | 1203 |
| Year of dissolution / annulment |
1835 |
| Mother monastery | Carracedo Monastery |
| Primary Abbey | Citeaux monastery |
|
Daughter monasteries |
no |
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The Monastery of Villanueva de Oscos (Santa María de Villanueva) is a former Cistercian abbey in the municipality of Villanueva de Oscos in the Comarca Eo-Navia in the Sierra de la Bobia in the far west of the Asturias region in Spain , near the border with the Galicia region .
history
The monastery was built in 1182 by Fray Martin de Vega for the Benedictine order. The community joined the Cistercian order in 1203 as a daughter monastery of Carracedo Monastery and thus belonged to the filiation of Cîteaux Monastery . In the monastery suspension ( disentailment ) under the government of Juan Álvarez Mendizábal the monastery in 1835, was dissolved.
Buildings and plant
The monastery, which is classified as a Monumento Nacional ( Bien de Interés Cultural ), has been rebuilt several times, the current structure is largely baroque. The eastern parts of the church with the semicircular main apse and the grave of Juan Alvarez Osorio on the north side of the church have been preserved from the original Romanesque complex.
literature
- Luis Díez Tejón: Prerrománico y Románico en Asturias . Ediciones Lancia, León 2004, ISBN 84-8177-072-8 , p. 105.
- Bernard Peugniez: Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 769.
