Monasterio de la Huelgas - Burgos, Spain
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jcast
N 42° 20.218 W 003° 43.251
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This female monastery is located in Burgos, Spain
Waymark Code: WMYEY
Location: Castilla y León, Spain
Date Posted: 11/12/2006
Views: 128
The history of the Monastery begins in 1187, when the king Alfonso VIII and his wife Leonor, anxious to turn this place into Kings' Pantheon and worthy retirement of great number of women belonging to the highest aristocracy and the royalty, obtained, thanks to the support of the Pope Clemente III and of the Abbot of Citeaux, Guido, to take forward a new foundation in Burgos, giving place to the birth of the Monastery of Santa Maria the Royal "Monasterio de las Huelgas"
Full name of the abbey/monastery/convent: Monasterio de Santa María La Real de Las Huelgas
Address:
C/. Compases de Huelga s/n
Burgos, Spain
09001
Religious affiliation: Cisterciense
Date founded/constructed: 1.187 by Alfonso VIII and Leonor de Aquitania
Web Site: [Web Link]
Status of Use: Not listed
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