Ruta del Cister - Santes Creus
The Cistercian Route is an expression that identifies a particular territory consists of the counties of Alt Camp, Conca de Barberà and Urgell and its 65 municipalities.
Its name comes from the artistic and cultural heritage of each of these counties has a Cistercian monastery: Santes Creus, Poblet and Vallbona de les Monges. The three Cistercian monasteries are the bait of the Cistercian Route but the brand goes beyond the monasteries, their monumentality and sobriety, as he discovered some counties with traditions, a wealth of landscapes ....
Santes Creus
Of the three Cistercian monasteries Santes Creus is the most faithfully reproduces the construction plan Bernard.
One of the largest and best preserved Cistercian monastic ensembles that we can visit today. Founded in 1168, protected by kings and nobility, became a center for spiritual studies and colonization of the territory. The monastic life is held continuously until 1835.
The church, sober and stunning architecture, has the royal tombs of Peter the Great and of James II and his wife Blanca of Anjou, as well as the great admiral Roger de Llúria. We can also admire the stained glass windows and Gothic Cistercian and a Baroque altarpiece of Joseph Tremulles.
Also highlight the chapter house, the escriptorium the great monks' dormitory and cloister Gothic (fourteenth century) attributed to the English Reinart December Fennel, with an elegant carved decoration.
Source & more info: www.larutadelcister.info
Ruta del Cister - Santes Creus
The Cistercian Route is an expression that identifies a particular territory consists of the counties of Alt Camp, Conca de Barberà and Urgell and its 65 municipalities.
Its name comes from the artistic and cultural heritage of each of these counties has a Cistercian monastery: Santes Creus, Poblet and Vallbona de les Monges. The three Cistercian monasteries are the bait of the Cistercian Route but the brand goes beyond the monasteries, their monumentality and sobriety, as he discovered some counties with traditions, a wealth of landscapes ....
Santes Creus
Of the three Cistercian monasteries Santes Creus is the most faithfully reproduces the construction plan Bernard.
One of the largest and best preserved Cistercian monastic ensembles that we can visit today. Founded in 1168, protected by kings and nobility, became a center for spiritual studies and colonization of the territory. The monastic life is held continuously until 1835.
The church, sober and stunning architecture, has the royal tombs of Peter the Great and of James II and his wife Blanca of Anjou, as well as the great admiral Roger de Llúria. We can also admire the stained glass windows and Gothic Cistercian and a Baroque altarpiece of Joseph Tremulles.
Also highlight the chapter house, the escriptorium the great monks' dormitory and cloister Gothic (fourteenth century) attributed to the English Reinart December Fennel, with an elegant carved decoration.
Source & more info: www.larutadelcister.info