Santes Creus

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, is a former Cistercian monastery in the municipality of , , . 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: Catalan former monastery
  • Address: Plaça de Jaume el Just, Aiguamúrcia, 43815

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sant Pere de les Destres and Santa Maria d’Aiguamúrcia.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1½ km southeast of Santes Creus.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Santes Creus.

Dwelling
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is a dwelling, which is situated 2 km east of Santes Creus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santes Creus and Les Pobles.

Photo: mrosa-ferre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet of Aiguamúrcia in Alt Camp county of . The main visit is the monastery, which is part of Cister Route, that links together the three Cistercian monasteries of , Poblet and Vallbona.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Santes Creus.

Village
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Vila-rodona is a municipality in the comarca of Alt Camp, Tarragona, , Spain. It has a population of 1,382. is situated 4 km south of Santes Creus.

Santes Creus

Latitude
41.34626° or 41° 20′ 47″ north
Longitude
1.36438° or 1° 21′ 52″ east
Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)
Open location code
8FH389W7+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 271832818
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
6544523
Wiki­data ID
Q159615
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Spanish—“Santes Creus” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Monesterio de Santes Creus”
  • Aragonese: “Reyal monesterio de Santa María de Santes Creus”
  • Armenian: “Սանտես Կրեուս”
  • Belarusian: “Сантэс-Крэус”
  • Catalan: “Monestir de Santes Creus”
  • Catalan: “Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Santes Creus”
  • Dutch: “Klooster van Santes Creus”
  • Dutch: “Santes Creus”
  • French: “abbaye de Santes Creus”
  • French: “Abbaye de Santes Creus”
  • French: “Monastère de Santes Creus”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de Santes Creus”
  • German: “Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Santes Creus”
  • German: “Santes Creus”
  • Indonesian: “Santes Creus”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Santes Creus”
  • Italian: “Santes Creus”
  • Japanese: “サンタス・クレウス修道院”
  • Japanese: “サンテス・クレウス修道院”
  • Luxembourgish: “Abtei Santes Creus”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Santes Creus”
  • Russian: “Сантес-Креус”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Santes Creus”
  • Spanish: “Santes Creus”

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