Cistercian Convent Sacramento (Boadilla)

The Cistercian Convent Sacramento has been a convent of the Cistercian Sisters since 1615, first in Madrid , and since 1972 in Boadilla del Monte , Autonomous Community of Madrid in Spain.

history

A favorite of King Philip III. of Spain founded the Cistercian convent of the Blessed Sacrament ( del Santísimo Sacramento ) in Madrid ( Calle del Sacramento 7) in 1615 , to which the Iglesia del Sacramento was added from 1671 to 1744 . In 1972 the convent moved to a new monastery 15 kilometers west of Madrid in Boadillo del Monte on the Cerro del Mosquito hill ( Calle Juan Sebastián Elcano , 920).

literature

• María Antón Barca and Juan Tejela Juez: El monasterio del Santísimo Sacramento . In: Revista Madrid Histórico March 26th / April 2010, pp. 50 to 57.
• Bernard Peugniez : Le Guide Routier de l'Europe Cistercienne . Editions du Signe, Strasbourg 2012, p. 846.

Web links

• Information on the history of the monastery, Spanish, illustrated
• Page in Cistopedia, illustrated, with localization
• Side of the Certosa of Florence
• Information about the monastery in Madrid, Spanish

Coordinates: 40 ° 24'25.2 "  N , 3 ° 54'25.3"  W.