Nuestra Señora de las Fuentes is a

Carthusian The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its ...

monastery in

Sariñena Sariñena is a municipality in the province of Huesca, Aragon, Spain. It is located in the Monegros comarca, near the Sierra de Alcubierre range. The Baroque monastery of Nuestra Señora de las Fuentes is located in the municipal term. Villages ...

, province of Huesca,

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

. Built in

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style, it is characterized by a large series of religious paintings in its interior. It was founded in 1507 by the counts of Sástago. The interior walls were decorated from 1770 to 1780 by

Manuel Bayeu Friar Manuel Bayeu y Subías (8 January 1740, Zaragoza - c. 1809, Zaragoza) was a Spanish painter, architect and Carthusian monk. Biography He came from a family of painters that included his brothers, Francisco and Ramón. What we know of h ...

, including a total of 250 frescoes featuring brilliant colors. The paintings depict scenes from the Gospels and lives of saints, apostles and other religious themes.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nuestra Senora De Las Fuentes 16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Spain Roman Catholic churches completed in 1507 Baroque architecture in Aragon Churches in Aragon

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