Monasterio Nuevo de San Juan de la Peña

Today: Monasterio Nuevo de San Juan de la Peña, San Juan de la Peña

Place: San Juan de la Peña
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1675 to 1714
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The monastery that replaced the old one after the fire of 1675, raised on a plateau higher up the mountain and finished in 1714. It is Baroque, and its buildings are arranged around a large square and two cloisters. The confiscation of 1835 ended monastic life at the site, and the new monastery was declared a national monument in 1923.

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