Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena
Villanueva de Sigena, Spain
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The Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena is a Romanesque convent in Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain, and a protected monument of cultural interest. Built between 1183 and 1208, its church was founded by Queen Sancha of Castile, wife of Alfonso II of Aragon. The church follows a Latin cross plan with a single nave, a wide transept and three apse chapels, and its main portal has fourteen archivolts. Its roofs and windows also show Cistercian and Mudéjar elements.
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- Built
- Type
- Monument (Spain), nunnery
- Heritage
- bien de interés cultural
- Place
- Villanueva de Sigena, Spain
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