Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Santo Domingo de Silos

Today: Spain

Years: 1492–1833
Role: Town of the Benedictine monastery

The town lies beside the monastery of San Sebastián de Silos, mentioned in a document of 954 and renamed for its abbot, Saint Dominic, after his death in 1073. It keeps stretches of wall, houses with coats of arms and a Gothic church. On 17 November 1835, under the decree of exclaustration, the Benedictine community dispersed for forty-five years.

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Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos: Monastery, 1751 to 1792

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