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Monastery of Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos

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Former monastery in Asturias, Spain
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The monastery's church is partly Romanesque

Monasterio de Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos is a monastery in Asturias, Spain. It was founded in the 12th century as a Benedictine house.

The monastic community was closed by the ecclesiastical confiscations of Mendizábal. The church has remained in use as a parish church.

The cartulary preserves 616 parchments about the Middle Ages: 32 from the 12th century, 261 from the 13th century, 224 from the 14th century and 99 from the 15th century.

References

  1. "Google Translate". Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. Alvárez Castrillón, José Antonio, Colección Diplomática del Monasterio de Santa María de Villanueva de Oscos, Ridea, 2011, p. 33

External links

43°18′37″N 6°58′52″W / 43.31028°N 6.98111°W / 43.31028; -6.98111


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