Cistercian Abbey of Cástris
The Cistercian Abbey of Cástris (also: São Bento de Cástris ) was a monastery of the Cistercian women in Malagueira , municipality of Évora , in Portugal from 1274 to 1890 .
history
In 1274, outside the walls of Évora, the Cistercian monastery of São Bento de Cástris ("Saint Benedict") was privately donated, which was under the supervision of the Alcobaça monastery. Like all Portuguese monasteries after the victory of the Liberals in the Miguelistenkrieg , Castris Abbey was closed to newcomers in 1834. The last nun died in 1890. The buildings from the 16th to 18th centuries have been preserved and have been a listed building since 1922. Peugniez praises them as a "magnifique ensemble". Since 2013, an annual scientific colloquium has been held under the title “Residência Cisterciense S. Bento de Cástris” to research the monastery and furthermore the Cistercian order in Portugal, the files of which are published. The Brazilian Cistercian Congregation is currently (2017) investigating the possibility of repopulation.
literature
- Antónia Fialho Conde: Cister a sul do Tejo. O mosteiro de S. Bento de Cástris ea Congregação Autónoma de Alcobaça (1567–1776). Colibri, Lisbon 2009.
- Do Espírito do Lugar. Música, Estética, Silêncio, Espaço, Luz. I e II Residências Cistercienses de São Bento de Cástris (2013, 2014) , ed. by Antónia Fialho Conde and António Camões Gouveia. OpenEdition Books, Évora 2016, preface with picture .
- Maria Antónia Marques Fialho Costa Conde: A afirmação do Mosteiro de São Bento de Cástris no contexto local e nacional . In: Cister. Espaços, territórios, paisagens. Actas . Lisbon 2000 .
- Antónia Fialho Conde: Dos claustros cistercienses portugueses. A especificidade de S. Bento de Cástris . In: Encontro Internacional sobre Claustros no Mundo Mediterrânico: séculos X – XVIII . Coimbra 2016, pp. 101-115.
- Maur Cocheril : Routier des abbayes cisterciennes du Portugal . Portuguese Cultural Center, Paris 1978 (newly edited by Gérard Leroux, Center culturel portugais, Paris 1986).
- Laurent Henri Cottineau : Repertoire topo-bibliographique des abbayes et prieurés . Vol. 1. Protat, Mâcon 1939–1970. Reprint: Brepols, Turnhout 1995. Column 1088 (Evora).
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 891–892.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 35 '3 " N , 7 ° 56' 3.5" W.