Barria Cistercian Convent

The Cistercian convent Barria was 1235-2012 a monastery of Cistercian nuns first in San Millán province of Alava , 1973 in Oyón , in the Basque Country in Spain.

history

The monastery of Santa María de Barria in the hamlet of Barria , village of Narvaja , municipality of San Millán , province of Álava (25 km northeast of Vitoria-Gasteiz ), which existed since 1053, became a Cistercian monastery in 1235. In 1973 the convent changed to Oyón a few kilometers north of Logroño , keeping the name , but the number of nuns fell below a critical limit, so that the remaining sisters gave up the place in 2012 and joined the Lazkao monastery . The former monastery building in Barria is now a youth hostel. The buildings in Oyón are used for other purposes.

literature

• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, pp. 796–797.

Web links

• Entry of Oyón Monastery in the Cistopedia, with illustrations
• Brief history of the monastery, Basque, with a picture of the Barria monastery
• Tourism site for the Monastery of Barria, with localization

Coordinates: 42 ° 54'56.3 "  N , 2 ° 26'8.1"  W.