Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Oseira

Galicia · Spain

Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Oseira, Spain
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Sometimes called the Escorial of Galicia for its scale, this Cistercian abbey stands in a quiet valley of Ourense. Its staircase and layered cloisters show a long building history from the Middle Ages to the Baroque.

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