The monastery of San Martiño Pinario (''San Martín Pinario'' in
Castilian) was a
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
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monastery in the city of
Santiago de Compostela,
Galicia,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. It is the second largest monastery in Spain after
San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Little remains of the original medieval buildings, as the monastery has been largely rebuilt since the sixteenth century. The monastery was closed in the nineteenth century in the