Cistercian Abbey of La Asunción (Málaga)
The Cistercian Abbey of La Asunción is since 1977 the monastery of Cistercian nuns in Malaga (Spain).
history
In 1543, the Cistercian convent of San Bernardo was founded in today's Calle San Bernardo el Viejo in Málaga . In the 17th century, the Encarnación Monastery ( Convento de las Recoletas Bernardas de la Santissima Encarnación , "Monastery of the strict St. Bernard Sisters of the Most Holy Incarnation of God") and the Abadía de Santa Ana de Recoletas Bernardas del Císter , also known as Abadía del Císter or Santa Ana . By merging the monasteries of San Bernardo and Encarnación, the newly built monastery of La Asunción ( Monasterio de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora El Atabal , "Assumption of Mary") was founded in 1977 at El Atabal in the Puerto de la Torre district of Málaga . Abbess is currently Mercedes Partido.
literature
- Carmen Gómez García: Mujer y clausura. Conventos cistercienses en la Málaga moderna . Universidad de Málaga. Publicaciones obra social y cultural Cajasur, Málaga 1997.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 851.
Web links
- Website of the monastery, Spanish and in numerous other languages, poorly translated into German
- Another website of the monastery, Spanish
- Photo of the monastery
- Institutional page of the San Bernardo Monastery, Spanish
- Photo of the Encarnación Monastery from 1931
Coordinates: 36 ° 44 ′ 0 " N , 4 ° 28 ′ 14.7" W.