Santa Cecília de Elins is a former Romanesque Benedictine monastery in the municipality of
Montferrer i Castellbò
Montferrer i Castellbò () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.
Montferrer i Castellbò towns:
* Aravell
* Bellestar
* El Balcó del Pirineu
* Montferrer de Segre
* Sant Joan de l'Erm
* Vilamitjana del Can ...
,
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, Spain, to the southeast of the village of Cassovall. It is a
Bien de Interés Cultural
(, , , ) is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries.
The term literally means a "good of cultural interest" ("goods" in the economic sense). It includes not only mater ...
site. The monastery was documented in 865 but fell into decline in the tenth century. On 29 December 1080 the
Bishop of Urgell
The Diocese of Urgell (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia (Spain) and the Principality of Andorra in the historical County of Urgell,Bernat Guillem consecrated a new church with three altars dedicated to St. Cecilia, Virgin Mary and Santa Fe. During the fourteenth century it fell into decline and in 1383 it was reduced in status to a priory. By 1680 the monastery fell into ruins. It was converted into a farmhouse in the 1940s.