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Arrival of the Cistercians at Montederramo

Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

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Arrival of the Cistercians at Montederramo

Historical milestone · Montederramo, Terra de Caldelas, Ourense

Image of Montederramo, not of the place itself.

King Alfonso VII asked his kinsman Bernard of Clairvaux in 1142 to send monks to implant the Cistercian reform; that request is the first historical reference that scholars consider fully reliable.

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Photo: Javier Otero (CC BY 3.0)

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