Los Jerónimos Monastery, Murcia, Spain

Los Jerónimos Monastery is a monumental complex built in 1702-1738 . The building was created on the site of a former monastery (San Pedro de la Ñora) erected in La Ñora in 1578 by Mr. Alonso Vozmediano de Arróniz.

The monastery was located in an area commonly flooded by the Segura River, which is why the decision to protect it was made by taking it to a better place: a hillock in the Guadalupe district overlooking Murcia's orchard. The new monastery was built by the architect and friar Fray Antonio de San José and inaugurated by the bishop Tomas José Ruiz de Montes on February 1, 1738.

The many presents and donations received by the friars have contributed to the economic and artistic wealth of the convent. The church and monastery has a Latin cross floor plan, a exposed brick facade, a door with semicircular arches and two slender towers decorated with blue-tiled domes typical of the Murcian Baroque style. The temple has a polygonal dome with pillars in the corners and a rather large structure giving a magnificent light and shade effect. The inside is totally Baroque.

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Dryburgh Abbey

Dryburgh Abbey on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders was founded in 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland. The arrival of the canons along with their first abbot, Roger, took place in 1152.

It was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored only to be again burned by Richard II in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly surviving until the Scottish Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland. It is now a designated scheduled monument and the surrounding landscape is included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.

David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds.

jaqsbcn (15 months ago)
Actually is part of the catholic university, but during the day uou can enter and visit the church and the corridors.

Sherry Vo (5 years ago)
Gorgeous!

DrSandeep Singh (5 years ago)
Beautiful Place

Mary Lourdes Cini (5 years ago)
Lovely, well kept building

roderick nieto (5 years ago)
Ok

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