Poblet Monastery / Monestir de Poblet [Ecclesiastical Authority]

Country

• Spain

Member Category

• Other
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

N/D

Contact Details

Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet (Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet)
Plaza Corona de Aragón, 11
ES-43448 Poblet

Tel: +34 977 87 00 89
Website: www.poblet.cat
Email: visita[at]poblet.cat

Contact Person

N/D

Main Town/Region

Vimbodí i Poblet (Tarragona, Catalonia)

Site Town/Region

Vimbodí i Poblet (Tarragona, Catalonia)

Main GPS Location

41.380740, 1.081721

Site GPS Location

41.380740, 1.081721

UNESCO World Heritage List

Poblet Monastery (1991) (whc.unesco.org/en/list/518)

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet was founded by Ramón Berenguer IV of Barcelona and handed over to Cistercians in 1149. The Monastery was the royal burial site for the Crown of Aragon from the end of the 14th century. After 1930’s a community of monks began to inhabited again the complex.

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