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Ruins of the monastery of Santa María la Imperial

Encío, Ebro, Burgos

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Ruins of the monastery of Santa María la Imperial

Curiosity · Encío, Ebro, Burgos

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Founded by Alfonso VII in the 12th century on the site of an old hermitage dedicated to the saints Lorenzo, Mamés, Justo y Pastor and Caprasio, and rebuilt in 1151 under the invocation of Santa María la Imperial, it was devastated by a fire in 1781; although it was restored, the monastic community abandoned it for good in 1835. Today it appears among the endangered monuments on the Red List of Spanish heritage, its structure on the verge of collapse, in the hamlet of Obarenes, within the municipal boundary of Encío, in the Montes Obarenes.

Photo: Alfonso Prieto Gonzalez (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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