Santes Creus (Monastery)
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- Dicc. de hist. ecles. de Esp.,v. 3, p. 1668 (In list of monasteries: Santas Creus, Santa María (Tarragona))
- Encic. univ. ilus.(Santas Creus; monastery in Tarragona Prov.)
- Fort i Cogul, E. L'abat de Santes Creus fra Bernardí Tolrà i el procés contra l'abat Caixal de Poblet, 1959:t.p. (Santes Creus) p. 14 (Monestir de Santes Creus)
- LC data base, 4-3-85(hdg.: Santas Creus, Spain (Cistercian abbey))
- Reial Monestir de Santes Creus, 1997:t.p. (Reial Monestir de Santes Creus)
- Salvat català(Santes Creus; Catalonian monastery, f. 1152)
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Wikipedia description:
The Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, (Catalan: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Santes Creus) is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of Aiguamúrcia, Catalonia, Spain. The abbey was erected in the 12th century, in today's municipality of Aiguamúrcia, in the village of Santes Creus, in the province of Tarragona (Catalonia). However, it was in the thirteenth century when Peter III of Aragon expressed his desire to be buried in the monastery and a royal crypt was built for himself and his son, King James II that many of the local nobility established the custom to choose this place for burial. This increased the monastery's wealth and power due to the numerous donations received. Santes Creus along with Vallbona de les Monges and Poblet Monastery are known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century.
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