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The former monastery of San Vicente el Real

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Designated an Asset of Cultural Interest

12th–17th centuries. Its location on a steep slope determines the layout of the buildings surrounding the cloister.

It is believed to have pre-Romanesque origins, but its external appearance is the result of later construction phases.

The church has a single nave with a flat apse. It features three choirs, with upper and lower sections at the foot of the nave. The walls are unarticulated and are decorated with Baroque altarpieces and a cornice bearing an inscription attributing the church to the Cistercian Order in 1156.

Adjacent to the church is the cloister, by the same architect, Pedro de Brizuela. It has four galleries, each with five arches, except for the southern one, which has six. A continuous band separates the lower cloister from the upper one, which also has five arches. The whole is decorated with paintings in reddish, ochre and greyish tones, featuring curvilinear geometric motifs and rosettes. The main rooms of the monastic complex are distributed around the cloister.

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  • Closed to the public.