Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Aguiar | Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo | Portugal

This is one of those places, which are rarely found, are off any "tourist" route, but perhaps for this reason, enchant us. Castelo Rodrigo, is to the east of Foz Côa, in the extreme northwest of the Guarda district, in the border zone with Spain. This entire region has more value than what they actually give it. In this region, all the villages have different constructions and configurations than what we know or are used to seeing. However, they remain unknown and little visited. This is the case of this former 12th century Cistercian male monastery lost in the confines of deep Portugal. The official chronology is confusing and not very clear (in the 11th century Portugal would be the Portucalense County still dependent on the Kingdom of Leão): 11th century - at the beginning a Portuguese Benedictine monastery, annexed by the Kingdom of Leão, it became Portuguese again at the end of the century. 13, following the military invasion of D. Dinis, in 1296; 1165 - donation by Fernando II de Leão; it was a branch of the Leonese Abbey of Moreruela, daughter of Claraval, integrated in the diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo, the founding monks being from Val Paraíso and São João de Tarouca; 1170 - 1174 - becomes Cistercian, having abbots for life, elected by the community of religious, a situation that lasted until 1465; 1174 - Donation by D. Afonso Henriques, apocryphal document according to several authors; Donations to the channel - PAYPAL: [email protected] Map of our channel videos: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi... Portfolio, 360º Virtual Tours about Portugal : https://www.360cities.net/profile/san...