Culture | Segovia Monastery of San Juan de la Cruz. Discalced Carmelite Fathers The monastery stands next to the Shrine of La Fuencisla. St. John of the Cross is buried here.
Culture | Granada La Cartuja Monastery Although the original plans were Medieval, it is completely Baroque.
Culture | Ávila La Encarnación Monastery The monastery was founded in the sixteenth century. It is known as the place where Santa Teresa spent most of her life.
Culture | Guadalupe Royal Monastery of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe The building stands on the site where the Virgin Mary appeared to a shepherd. The monastery complex has four parts: the temple-basilica, the auditorium building, the Mudejar cloister and the Gothic cloister. It is in the Gothic-Mudejar style and is flanked by eight towers, of which the Santa Ana and Portería towers are of particular note.
Culture | Valladolid Monastery of Las Huelgas Reales Temple in classic style (17th century). It is now home to important works of art: Gregorio Fernández, Juan de Juni, etc.
Culture | Yesa Leyre Monastery The architecture of this monastery has notably influenced the evolution of monastic architectural tendencies in Spain.
Culture | Monistrol de Montserrat Montserrat Monastery The veneration of this Virgin spread all over South America when the monk Bernat Boil accompanied Christopher Columbus to the New World.
Culture | Casalarreina Monastery of Nuestra Señora de La Piedad This monastery-convent of Dominican nuns is a splendid Gothic-Renaissance building. The decorative sculptures on the façade of the church are one of the most representative elements.
Culture | Segovia Monastery of Santa María del Parral It was founded by Henry IV of Spain and remained under the protectorate of Juan Pacheco, Marquis of Villena, who added his coat of arms to the unfinished doorway.
Culture | Barcelona Pedralbes Monastery The Gothic style monastery was built in the 14th century. The church has only one nave.
Culture | Vimbodí i Poblet Poblet Monastery Poblet monastery is one of the best examples of religious architecture in Catalonia.
Culture | Samos Samos Monastery This monastery was built in the sixth century. Nowadays it is a spiritual centre.
Culture | Santibáñez de Ecla Monastery of San Andrés de Arroyo In a secluded place of the Ojeda Valley, in the province of Palencia, the Cistercian Order erected this female Monastery of Santa María and San Andrés.
Culture | Leiro Monastery of San Clodio The monastery of San Clodio was formerly the centre of government of the wine producing region of El Ribeiro. This harmonious architectural site contains a range of elements from different periods and styles.
Culture | Jaca San Juan de la Peña Monastery The monastery consists of two buildings, the New Monastery, dating from the 17th century, in the Baroque style, and the Old Monastery, from the 10th century, in the Romanesque style.
Culture | Toledo Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes It was commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs in thanks for the victory at the Battle of Toro.
Culture | Santiago de Compostela Monastery of San Martín Pinario A magnificent monumental complex in the old town.
Culture | Gradefes Monastery of San Miguel de la Escalada The Monastery of San Miguel de La Escalada is a beautiful example of the Mozarabic style in the province of León. It was built by Cordoban monks in 913, and its cenobium has a sturdy Romanesque tower dating from the late 11th century.