Cistercian Convent of Lazkao
The Cistercian Monastery of Lazkao has been a monastery of the Cistercian women in Lazkao (Spanish: Lazcano), province of Gipuzkoa in the Basque Country in Spain , since 1646 .
history
Doña María de Lazkano, the widow of Admiral Antonio de Oquendo , founded the Santa Ana nunnery in Lazkao near Beasain , 40 km southwest of San Sebastián , in 1646 , and was a nun there herself from 1658 until her death in 1664. The monastery was settled by the Bernardas Recoletas of the reformed monastery of Santa Ana in Valladolid , but later joined the General Observance of the Cistercians. The showpieces of the baroque church, consecrated in 1716, are three winged altars. The monastery (on Elosegi Kalea Street ) has been a listed building since 1994. In 2012 the monastery took on the remaining convent of the Barria Monastery . The abbess of the currently 20 nuns is Kandida Saratxaga (also abbot president of the congregation).
literature
- Monasteries de Guipuzcoa. Historia, acogida, liturgia . Editorial de la Diócesis de San Sebastián, Vicaría de Religiosas de vida contemplativa, San Sebastián 1998.
- Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 797.
Web links
- Website of the monastery
- Entry in the Cistopedia, with illustrations and localization
- Report on the monastery, Spanish, illustrated
- Website of Abbess Kandida Saratxaga, Spanish, with picture
Coordinates: 43 ° 2 '10.7 " N , 2 ° 11' 17.1" W.