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Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Fitero

Fitero, Ribera, Navarra

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Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Fitero

Monument · Fitero, Ribera, Navarra

One of the largest and most important Cistercian abbeys in Spain, founded in 1140 when Alfonso VII brought in Cistercian monks led by San Raimundo de Fitero. The monastic church, in Romanesque-ogival style with an ambulatory and five apsidal chapels, was begun in 1179 and consecrated in 1247; the cloister dates from the 16th century. It preserves the 13th-century Relicario de San Blas and a 10th-century Caliphal ivory casket.

1140; 1179-1247

Photo: Zarateman (CC BY 3.0)

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