The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre (Italian: ''Monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre'') was a
Cistercian
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 ...
monastery located in
Ocre
Ocre is a ''comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy.
Description and history
Its approximate 1,000 inhabitants reside in several small villages scattered across the mid-to–low L’Aq ...
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Province of L'Aquila
The Province of L'Aquila ( it, Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part o ...
,
Italy
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.
History
The fortified monastery was built in 1226 on an ancient religious building, existing since 1222. In 1248 Santo Spirito became a Cistercian abbey, founded by the mother abbey of
Casanova
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, line of
Clairvaux, and it was ruled by the Cistercians until 1692.
Architecture
The monastery is a fortified building, with walls all around the abbey and a very small number of windows and doors.
Inside the walls, all the usual components of a monastery are still in place, with the church on the north side and the remaining rooms of the abbey in the two buildings on the west and east sides.
See also
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List of Cistercian monasteries
The Cistercians are a Catholic religious order of enclosed monks and nuns formed in 1098, originating from Cîteaux Abbey. Their monasteries spread throughout Europe during the Middle Ages, but many were closed during the Protestant Reformation, ...
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Santo Spirito d'Ocre
The Abbey of Santo Spirito d'Ocre (Italian: ''Monastero di Santo Spirito d'Ocre'') was a Cistercian monastery located in Ocre, Province of L'Aquila, Italy.
History
The fortified monastery was built in 1226 on an ancient religious building, existi ...
Buildings and structures in the Province of L'Aquila