Najera, Santa Maria the real

La Rioja Najera, Santa Maria the real

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Santa María the real is the more important monument of Nájera and center of historical and artistic interest of the city. The monastery was based one's opinion on 1052 for the |garcía| present king those of Nájera and your Estefanía lady of the house spouse of Foie, daughter of the counts of Barcelona, as a result of the find of a mysterious image of the virgin in a cave, according to account the legend to the one that gave origin the |cluniacienses| monks in the XVI century. Of this joined monasterial, Romanesque primitive of three aisles scarcely remain ruins, since on it constructed the current thing between the years 1422 and 1453, by being prior D. Pedro Martínez of Santa Coloma. In the XV and XVI centuries they went completing to him the diverse parts that form the monumental complex. During the War of Independence suffered considerable losses and plunderings for the Napoleonic forces. It was deposed national monument for real order of 17th October 1889.

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