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Ruins of the Monastery of la Trapa

Fabara, Bajo Aragón-Caspe, Zaragoza

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Ruins of the Monastery of la Trapa

Monument · Fabara, Bajo Aragón-Caspe, Zaragoza

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Remains of an old monastery located between Fabara and Maella (Zaragoza), in the Bajo Aragón-Caspe comarca, of which only the ruins of the church, the tower and a Gothic nave still stand today. Founded in the 6th century by Benedictine monks, it was rebuilt by the Order of Calatrava and granted in 1227 by James I of Aragon to the Cistercian order. Its best-known period began in 1796, when Charles IV handed the building over to a community of French Trappist monks, who came to number around ninety; shortly afterwards, French troops looted it after burning down the castle of Maella, and in 1835 it was expropriated in the disentailment, although the last Trappists did not leave until 1837. The large complex had six dormitories, a library, a refectory, a cloister with a central well, and a tower with two bells and a clock; the high altar of its church was dedicated to Our Lady of la Trapa.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo (CC BY 3.0)

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