Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos

Today: Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos, Santo Domingo de Silos

Place: Santo Domingo de Silos
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1751 to 1792
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

A Benedictine abbey whose Romanesque cloister, begun shortly after 1080, predates these years. The present church is of another age: the Romanesque church was pulled down in 1751 and the new one begun that year, to plans by Ventura Rodríguez, opening on 8 September 1792; of the old one only the south arm of the transept and the Puerta de las Vírgenes remain. The cloisters and the pharmacy can be visited, and visitors can attend services in the church.

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