Monastery of Santa Cristina de Ribas de Sil

The Monastery of Santa Cristina has a peculiar feature: both its buildings - church and cloister - are fully Romanesque and Renaissance, respectively.

Monastery of Santa Elena

Monastery of Santa Eufemia de Cozuelos

Recently converted into an rural tourism centre and a venue for concerts and other festive events, the church of this old monastery of the Order of Saint James is an exceptional Romanesque building.

Monastery of Santa María in Armenteira

Monastery of Santa María in Carracedo

Santa María de la Estrella Monastery

The monastery belonged to the Jeronimo order in the 15th century. It was rebuilt in neo-Gothic style that is harmonious with the original structure.

Santa María de Fitero Monastery

Santa María de Huerta Monastery

Alfonso VII laid the first stone of the building in 1179.

Santa María de Irache Monastery

Santa María Monastery in Iranzu

Monastery of Santa María, Melón

The old Cistercian monastery of Melón contains in its church one of the largest and most imposing sanctuaries in Galician monastic architecture.

Monastery of Santa María de Monfero

This old mediaeval monastery of Monfero was magnificently renovated between the 16th and 18th centuries and transformed into a treasure of the Galician rural Baroque style.

Monastery of Santa María de Montederramo

Although this old Benedictine monastery's origin is medieval, it was rebuilt at the end of the 16th century in the Herrerian style.

Monastery of Santa María in Moreruela

The monastery had a great influence on the people in the 12th century.

Santa María Monastery in Oia

Monastery of Santa María del Paular

Santa María de La Rábida Monastery

La Rábida monastery has been a Franciscan community since the 13th century. It was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1856.

Monastery of Santa María Real de las Huelgas

The convent was founded by Alfonso VIII and his wife Leonor, as Royal Pantheon and spiritual retreat for ladies in high society and royalty.

Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Mave

Santa María la Real Monastery

According to legend, this beautiful monastery was founded in 1052 by king Don García Sánchez III, after he found a mysterious image of the Virgin Mary in a nearby cave.

Santa María Monastery in Ripoll

Santa María de San Salvador Monastery

Monastery of Santa María de Sandoval

Santa María Convent in Sobrado

Monastery of Santa María

The Cistercian monastery of Santa María de Valbuena is one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture on the whole of the Iberian Peninsula.

Santa María de Valdediós Monastery

Santa María Convent in Vallbona de Les Monges

Santa María de Valvanera Monastery

The sanctuary was built after the discovery of a 9th-century, Byzantine style image of Santa María.

Monastery of Santa María de la Vid

The monastery of Santa María de la Vid is today conserved in a magnificent monastic architectural site, and has a library which serves as a museum containing numerous treasures of sacred art and numismatics.

Monastery of Santes Creus

It is located in the Alt Camp region, in a valley near Gaiá River.

Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos

The monastery of Silos dates from the 7th century, although its most important part was built in the 11th century.

Santo Toribio de Liébana Monastery

Suso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla

Suso Monastery was the setting for the first words of Castilian Spanish and also the first poems in the language. It received the World Heritage designation on 4 December 1997.

Tentudía Monastery

Declared of National Historic Interest.

Church of Santa María de Tina

Uclés Monastery

The monastery is located within the fortress of Uclés (12th century) which was built on a vast swathe of land: one square kilometre surrounded by walls, bastions, buttresses and crenellated towers.