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Monastery of la Murta

Alzira, La Ribera Alta, Valencia

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Monastery of la Murta

Monument · Alzira, La Ribera Alta, Valencia

The monastery of Santa María de la Murta, in the valley of the same name near Alzira (Valencia), is a former Hieronymite monastery from the 14th-15th centuries that was a pilgrimage centre for royalty and the aristocracy. Its origins go back to an earlier monastery founded in the year 568 by Saint Donatus, destroyed after the Arab invasion; the present community was born in 1376, when Pope Gregory XI granted the founding bull to a group of hermits protected by the knight Arnau de Serra. The works, in Valencian Gothic style, began in 1401 under the protection of the monastery of Cotalba, and in 1410 it received a visit from Saint Vincent Ferrer. Acquired by the Alzira Town Council in 1989, it has been restored since 1995 as a historic garden and museum space within its protected natural area.

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