Culture | Parada de Sil 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.
Culture | Olmos de Ojeda 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.
Culture | San Asensio 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.
Culture | Santa María de Huerta Santa María de Huerta Monastery Alfonso VII laid the first stone of the building in 1179.
Culture | Melón 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.
Culture | Monfero 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.
Culture | Montederramo 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.
Culture | Palos de la Frontera 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.
Culture | Burgos 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.
Culture | Nájera 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.
Culture | Valbuena de Duero 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.
Culture | Barruelo de Santullán Church of Santa María la Real A little-known treasure of the Romanesque style in Palencia, and a fine example of the model of religious architecture common in this region of Spain throughout the Middle Ages.
Culture | Sangüesa-Zangoza Santa María la Real Church in Sangüesa This is one of the most representative works of the Navarre Romanesque.
Culture | Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón Santa María del Salvador Church A museum of precious metalwork, sculpture and painting, housed inside, can be visited too.
Culture | San Vicente de la Barquera Santa María Church in San Vicente de la Barquera The large size of the building demonstrate the importance of the city in its surroundings during the Middle Ages.