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Hospitaller monastery of Alguaire

Alguaire, Segrià, Lleida

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Hospitaller monastery of Alguaire

Historical milestone · Alguaire, Segrià, Lleida

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Founded in 1250 by the Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, it was a female monastery and the head of a commandery that in 1319 became a barony. The nuns moved to Barcelona in 1651 and the community was extinguished in 2007.

1250

Photo: Adrià Ariste Santacreu from Lleida, Catalunya (CC BY 2.0)

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