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The Monastery of Santa María de Huerta (Reference in Spanish. Guía de Soria
The Monastery of Santa María de Huerta (Spanish
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: ''Monasterio de Santa María de Huerta'') is a Cistercian
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monastery located in Santa María de Huerta, a town of the Spanish
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Province of Soria
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Demographics
It is bordered by the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, ...
, within the autonomous community of Castile and León
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.
The first stone of the building was laid by Alfonso VII of León and Castile
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in 1179.
It was declared a national monument
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The term may also refer to a spec ...
in 1882.History
Its foundation is due to the kingAlfonso VII of León and Castile
Alfonso VII (1 March 110521 August 1157), called the Emperor (''el Emperador''), became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside hi ...
, in fulfilment of a promise he made in the siege of Coria. For this project, the king brought in 1142, from the abbey
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The conce ...
of Berdoues
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in Gascony
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(France
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), a community of Cistercian monk
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s, with their abbot
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Rodulfo, who stayed in a very poor building built in a place called Cántabos, located in the municipality of Fuentelmonge. The chosen place had shortage of water and a transfer to the lands near the Jalón river, which took place in 1162, was decided.
Saint Martin of Hinojosa was the fourth abbot of the monastery. He was named bishop
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of Sigüenza
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History
The site of the ancient ''Segontia'' ('dominating over the valley') of the Celtiberian Arevaci, now called ('old town ...
but resigned and returned to the monastery, where he did great works and transformations until converting the primitive building into another one of greater dimensions and of true Cistercian features, which still persists. Alfonso VII of León and Castile
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laid the first stone of this new construction on March 20 of 1179. It is believed that the works were made under the direction of the master of the cathedral of Sigüenza. They advanced very quickly thanks to the royal protection and the abundant donations.
One of the great patrons of this monastery was the archbishop
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of Toledo, Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada
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, nephew of Martin of Hinojosa. In his testament signed in Paris
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in April 1201 he ordered that he be buried in said monastery. Throughout the years this center received many donations and alms, constantly enriching its heritage. Many of the concilĭums of the Cistercian Order
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were held in this place.
Important sponsors were the lords of Molina who chose the monastery for burial, including the first owner of the lordship, the count Manrique Pérez de Lara
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as well as his son Pedro
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, both buried, along with other members of their lineage, in the pantheon of the counts of Molina located in the Gothic cloister. The kings Alfonso II of Aragon
Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157Benito Vicente de Cuéllar (1995)«Los "condes-reyes" de Barcelona y la "adquisición" del reino de Aragón por la dinastía bellónida» p. 630-631; in ''Hidalguía''. XLIII (252) pp. 619–632."Alfonso II el Casto, hi ...
and Peter II of Aragon
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were also benefactors of the monastery.
In 1215, Martín Muñoz, mayordomo mayor {{short description, High Steward of Spain
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of Henry I, nephew of the abbot Martin of Hinojosa, paid for the works of the refectory
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. In the 16th century he obtained aid and benefits from Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
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and Philip II of Spain
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. Other constructions were built and the monastic complex enlarged.
In 1833, according to the Ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal
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