Real monasterio de San Millán de Yuso

Today: Monasterio de San Millán de Yuso, San Millán de la Cogolla

Place: San Millán de la Cogolla
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1504 to 1780
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

A Benedictine monastery founded in 1053: the Romanesque building was demolished entirely and the present one is of the 16th to the 18th century, known as the Escorial of La Rioja. The church was begun in 1504 and finished thirty-six years later, Juan Pérez de Solarte began the processional cloister in 1549, and the library dates from 1780. An Augustinian Recollect community lives there, and one of its wings is a hotel.

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