This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Monastery San Miguel de Escalada

x
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Monastery San Miguel de Escalada
Phone:
+34 987 33 31 53

Address:
24166, Leu00F3n, Spain

Monasteries in Spain have a rich artistic and cultural tradition, and serve as testament to Spain's religious history and political-military history, from the Visigothic Period to the Middle Ages. The monasteries played an important role in the recruitment conducted by Christian aristocracy during and after the progress of the Reconquista, with the consequent decline in the Muslim south of the peninsula. Their presence in the peninsula dates from the early centuries of Christianity, when the original hermit life gave rise to the formation of religious communities and the construction of small monasteries by Hispanics in the sixth and seventh centuries. Many of these buildings reflect the traditional style of Mozarabic. The second phase was developed with the arrival of the Benedictines of Cluny, during the Reconquista and several new orders developed at this time: Cistercian, military orders, Premonstratensian, Carthusians, Jeromes, Augustinians, Camaldolese and beggars. Monastic communities of various sizes sprang up from Catalonia to Galicia; some of these structures remain while others were abandoned or destroyed. Most of the monasteries in Spain are distributed in the northern half in line with the historical discourse of the zone in the Middle Ages. Monasteries are much less numerous in the south, Andalusia and the Canary Islands. The establishment of monasteries during the Middle Ages was paramount from a social and cultural standpoint, benefiting the arts and agriculture. The Camino de Santiago proved an important factor in locations of these monastic orders, as often an important objective was to support the pilgrims traveling along this route.
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Attraction Location



Monastery San Miguel de Escalada Videos

Shares

x

More Attractions in Gradefes

x

Menu