Sobrado Abbey
Sobrado Abbey | |
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Mosteiro de Santa María de Sobrado dos Monxes | |
Trappist | |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Monastery |
Patron | St Mary |
Location | |
Location | Sobrado (A Coruña), Spain |
Architecture | |
Style | Cistercian, Baroque |
Europe and North America | |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 3 June 1931 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0000547 |
Sobrado Abbey, (
History
The abbey was founded around 951 by Bishop
After a period of decline, in 1498 Sobrado was the first abbey in Galicia to join the Castilian Cistercian Congregation.
The monumental new Baroque abbey church was dedicated in 1708. Most of the conventual buildings were also rebuilt at this time.
The dissolution of the monasteries enforced by the government of Mendizábal in 1835 put an end to the abbey, and the abandoned buildings fell into decay.
In 1954 the Cistercian (
Buildings
The present abbey church, now roofed with a number of domes and cupolas, was built at the end of the 17th century, although the Magdalene Chapel (Capela da Madalena or Capilla de la Magdalena) dates from the 14th century. The sacristy was built by Juan de Herrera. The monastery has three cloisters. The kitchen and the chapter house remain of the medieval monastic buildings.
References
- ^ Escudero Manzano 2021.
- ^ Pallares Méndez 1979.
- ^ Daviña Sáinz 1998, pp. 60 and 82.
Bibliography
- Loscertales de G. de Valdeavellano, Pilar (1976). Tumbos del Monasterio de Sobrado de los Monjes (in Spanish). Vol. I. Madrid: Dirección General del Patrimonio Artístico y Cultural. Archivo Histórico Nacional. ISBN 84-369-0070-7.
- Pallares Méndez, Mª Carmen (1979). El monasterio de Sobrado: un ejemplo de protagonismo monástico en la Galicia medieval (in Spanish). La Coruña: Diputación Provincial de la Coruña.
- Daviña Sáinz, Santiago (1998). "El monasterio de las Cascas (Betanzos) (I)" (PDF). Anuario Brigantino (in Spanish) (21). Braga: Consello de Betanzos, A Coruña Câmara Municipal de Braga: 77–102. OCLC 72890459.
- Escudero Manzano, Gonzalo J. (2021). "Los condes de Présaras y la fundación de San Salvador de Sobrado. El intento de una parentela magnaticia por recuperar su preeminencia en Gallecia". Studia Historica. Historia Medieval (in Spanish). 39 (1): 197–213. ISSN 2445-3595.
External links
- Website of Sobrado Abbey (in Spanish) [Broken link]
- Website of the Municipio de Sobrado, with information on and pictures of the abbey (in Spanish)