Monastery of Santes Creus

Catalonia · Spain

Monastery of Santes Creus, Spain
Photo: MARIA ROSA FERRE, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This Cistercian abbey east of Tarragona was founded in the twelfth century and became a burial place for the crown of Aragon. Its cloister mixes early Gothic tracery with older Romanesque elements, and the royal tombs still stand in the church.

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