The Royal Monastery of Saint Mary of Iranzu is a

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located in

Abárzuza Abárzuza ( eu, Abartzuza) is a town and municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , ...

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

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. It was founded by

Pedro de Artajona Pedro de Artajona or Pedro de París (died 13 June 1193 in Pamplona) was a Spanish noble of the House of Artajona in the service of the Kingdom of Navarre. He was known as ''de París'' for having lived and studied in the French capital, not for b ...

in the late 12th century, being Artajona's place of burial upon his death in 1193. Esteban de Garibay
Los quarenta libros del compendio historial de las chronicas
book XXIII, ch. XIIII. The

Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...

had a large part in its building throughout the 12th century. It was one of many Spanish monasteries dissolved in the 1830s, although in the first years of the decade it was protected by the

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. The monastery was dissolved in 1839 after the

Convention of Vergara The Convention of Vergara ( es, Convenio de Vergara, eu, Bergarako hitzarmena), entered into on 31 August 1839, was a treaty successfully ending the major fighting in Spain's First Carlist War. The treaty, also known by many other names includi ...

, and was confiscated by the State. It was abandoned and became ruinous until 1942, when the Provincial Government of Navarre refurbished it. One year after, a

Theatine Fathers The Theatines officially named the Congregation of Clerics Regular ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium), abreviated CR, is a Catholic order of clerics regular of Pontifical Right for men founded by Archbishop Gian Pietro Carafa in Sept. 14, 1524. I ...

community was established there.

Architecture

The Cistercian-style church was built during 12th century. The

cloister A cloister (from Latin ''claustrum'', "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church, commonly against a ...

is partly Cistercian (12th century) and partly

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(13-14th centuries). Additional minor

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parts were added during 17th century.

References

External links

Monasterio de Iranzu web

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