Sant Miquel de Cruïlles is a
Benedictine
The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Monasticism, monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in Cenobitic monasticism, communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a ...
in
Cruïlles,
Monells i Sant Sadurní de l'Heura,
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Spain. The 11th-century building, in
First Romanesque
One of the first streams of Romanesque architecture in Europe from the 10th century and the beginning of 11th century is called First Romanesque, or Lombard Romanesque. It took place in the region of Lombardy (at that time the term encompassing ...
style, 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.
See also
*
History of medieval Arabic and Western European domes
The early domes of the Middle Ages, particularly in those areas recently under Byzantine Empire, Byzantine control, were an extension of earlier Roman architecture. The domed church architecture of Italy from the sixth to the eighth centuries fol ...
References
* Pladevall, Antoni (2000). ''Guies Catalunya Romànica, El Baix Empordà-La Selva''. Barcelona, Pòrtic. (Catalán).
External links
Benedictine monasteries in Catalonia
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Girona
Christian monasteries established in the 1050s
Romanesque architecture in Catalonia
1057 establishments
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