Monastery of Santa María de Nogales

Description

The Monastery of Santa María de Nogales was founded in 1150 by the counts Vela Gutiérrez and Sancha de Cabrera. It is located in San Esteban de Nogales (León). It had a great religious and cultural relevance during the Middle Ages. It was a prosperous settlement that housed in its interior the funeral chapels of the founders, their descendants and other prominent figures such as Suero de Quiñones and Elvira de Zúñiga (Zalama, 2003). With the disentailment, the monastery was abandoned and left in ruins.

Bibliography

• FERNÁNDEZ MATEOS, Rubén (2018): "A propósito del escultor Francisco de la Maza: el traslado del retablo de los Reyes del monasterio de Nogales (León) y dos nuevas obras en la provincia de Valladolid", nº 84, BSAA Arte.
• LLAMAZARES RODRÍGUEZ, Fernando (1996): "“El mecenazgo de Suero de Quiñones en el monasterio de Santa María de Nogales”", Humanismo y Císter, en MOROCHO GAYO, Gaspar (dir.), Universidad de Leon, León.
• ZALAMA, Miguel Ángel (2003): "Santa María de Nogales", en Monasterios de Castilla y León, ANDRÉS ORDAX, Salvador, ZALAMA, Miguel Ángel y ANDRÉS GONZÁLEZ, Patricia, Ediciones Leonesas, León.