Escalonias Trappist monastery

The Trappist monastery Las Escalonias is a 1994 Spanish monastery of Trappist monks in Hornachuelos, near Posadas (Spain) , Diocese of Córdoba (Spain) .

history

Monks of the monastery La Oliva (Navarra) began in 1986 on the Guadalora river , in the Valle Medio del Guadalquivir region , 50 kilometers west of Córdoba , the pre-foundation Santa María de las Escalonias (from: Escallonia , "Andean bush"), which in 1994 became an official foundation was convicted. The monastery maintains an orange plantation of 6000 trees.

Upper

• Ventura Puigdomenech Boix (1994–1997)
• Enrique Trigueros (1997-2000)
• Jesús Sancho (2000-2003)
• Lisandro RodrÍguez Antunez (2003–)

literature

• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne. Esprit des lieux, patrimoine, hotel business. Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, ISBN 978-2-7468-2624-3 , p. 850.

Web links

• Website of the monastery
• Escalonias page on the Trappist homepage
• Page Escalonias in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis

Coordinates: 37 ° 46 '59.3 "  N , 5 ° 13' 55.5"  W.