The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Oia is a former
Cistercian
The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, 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 Benedict, as well as the contri ...
monastery, founded in 1137.
It is located in the province of Pontevedra, in the autonomous community of
Galicia, Spain. It was declared a
Bien de Interés Cultural
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The term literally means a "good of cultural interest" ("goods" in the economic sense). It includes not only mater ...
landmark in 1931. The monastery is listed in the Register of Assets of Cultural Interest of Galicia in the list corresponding to the
Province of Pontevedra
Pontevedra is a province of Spain, located in the southwestern part of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of A Coruña, Lugo, and Ourense, the country of Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. There is a public insti ...
, in the municipality of
Oia, Spain
Oia is a municipality in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia, in Spain. It is situated in the ''comarca'' of O Baixo Miño
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.
It lies on the
Portuguese Way route of the
Camino pilgrim path to
Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela, simply Santiago, or Compostela, in the province of Province of A Coruña, A Coruña, is the capital of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, in northwestern Spain. The city ...
.
See also
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List of Jesuit sites
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References
Bibliography
*Manso Porto, Carmen (2002). ''El monasterio de Santa María la Real de Oia. Estudio histórico-artístico''. Cuadernos de estudios gallegos 49 (115): 251–306. ISSN 0210-847X. (in Spanish)
*Pereira Morales, Ana María (2003). ''El Monasterio de Santa María de Oia: intervenciones arquitectónicas del siglo XVIII''. Quintana: revista de estudios do Departamento de Historia da Arte (2): 211–225. ISSN 1579-7414. (in Spanish)
*Avelino Baquero Alonso: ''Breve historia del Monasterio y Parroquia de Santa María de Oia''. FAMA, Curuxo - Vigo, o.J., (in Spanish)
*Henrik Karge: "Gotische Architektur in Kastilien und León". in: ''Spanische Kunstgeschichte – eine Einführung, hrsg''. von Sylvaine Hensel und Henrik Karge, Bd. 1, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1992, (in German)
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Church ruins in Spain
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Pontevedra
Christian monasteries established in the 1130s
Monasteries in Galicia (Spain)
Francoist concentration camps
1137 establishments in Europe
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