Villanueva de Sigena
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Villanueva de Sigena or Villanueva de Sijena is a town in the county of
river, the local economy is primarily agricultural-based.The Royal
Villanueva de Sigena is the birthplace of the physician and heterodox theologian, Michael Servetus (1511?–1553). Servetus was the discoverer of pulmonary circulation. A museum and interpretation center,[2] maintained by the Michael Servetus Institute, is now located in the original house were Servetus was born.[3]
Nearby there is the original settlement, based round the partially ruined, and once wealthy and aristocratic Romanesque convent of Santa María la Real de Sijena, founded in 1183 by
The chapter house housed extremely important Romanesque frescos of about 1200 by largely English artists, probably including some of those who produced the Winchester Bible; this was only realized after their destruction. The artists also appear to have visited Palermo before Sigena, as some influence from mosaics there can be seen. The frescos had been fully photographed in black and white shortly before their destruction, and the remaining damaged sections, mostly having lost their colour, are in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya in Barcelona.[4]
See also
- Monegros
- Monastery of Santa María de Sigena
- List of municipalities in Zaragoza
Notes
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ museum and interpretation center
- ^ Michael Servetus Institute
- ^ Otto Pacht A Cycle of English Frescoes in Spain The Burlington Magazine, 1961, Vol. 103, No. 698 (May, 1961), pp. 166-162
External links
- Villanueva de Sigena official municipal webpage
- Information about Villanueva de Sijena (in Spanish)
- Michael Servetus Institute (in English, Spanish, French, and Italian)
- Virtual tour of the Servetus Interpretation Center (in Spanish)
- Photo gallery of the Monastery of Sigena (in Spanish)
- Tourism guide for Los Monegros (in English, Spanish, French, and German)
- Map of Los Monegros (in Spanish)
- Monasticon on the convent
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