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The founding of the monastery of San Clodio

Leiro, Ribeiro, Ourense

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The founding of the monastery of San Clodio

Historical milestone · Leiro, Ribeiro, Ourense

The monastery of San Clodio, in the parish of the same name, in Leiro, has its origin in an agricultural community that tradition places as early as the 6th century, though it is documented with certainty only from the 10th century: its endowment as a double monastery is dated to the year 928, by don Álvaro and doña Sabita. In the mid-12th century it joined the Order of Saint Benedict, and in 1225 it passed, through the monastery of Melón, to the Cistercians. Declared a Monumento Histórico Nacional (a former Spanish heritage-protection category) in 1931, no remains survive from before the 16th century except the façade of the original church — one of only three Cistercian façades preserved in Galicia — and its Romanesque beams; the present church, with three naves and three apses, was built between 1220 and 1250. It served as a barracks after the disentailment and has been a hotel since 2000.

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Photo: Lansbricae from Santiago de Compostela, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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