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Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas

Burgos (Spain)

Description

The Monastery of Santa María la Real de las Huelgas (Burgos) was promoted by Alfonso VIII and Leonor de Plantagenet with the aim of turning it into a royal pantheon and a place where the women of royalty and high nobility could retire. The monastery was founded in 1187 and, just a few years later, in 1199, they joined the Cistercian Order.

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