location: | Aiguamurcia, Catalonia, Spain |
founded: | 1150-58 |
daughter of: | Granselve (filiation of Clairvaux) |
current status: | regional cultural centre |
visit: | all year round |
pictures taken : | June 2006 |
Building was begun in 1158, and continued for nearly two hundred years - the cloister was the last thing to be built, and was the work of an English master builder. The abbey has been a hospital, and later a prison, but is now a cultural centre. | |
detail from one of the cloister pillars
monks' dormitory
the lavatorium
the octogonal tower and lantern dome
the cloister, viewed from the doorway of the chapter house
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