Santa Fe Abbey () is a former
Cistercian
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monastery in
Zaragoza
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,
Aragon
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,
Spain
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. It was established on this site in 1341 or 1343, as a resettlement of the original Cistercian foundation of Fuente Clara Abbey, a daughter house of
Abbaye de Bonnefont, of 1223,
[or possibly 1236] which was obliged to move here from its original site in
Albalate de Cinca
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in
Aragon
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because of banditry.
The monastery was dissolved either in 1808 or in 1835–37. There are no visible remains of the monastic buildings. The large domed church still on the site was built in the late 18th century (completed 1788).
Notes
External links
Website of the Friends' Association of Santa Fe AbbeyCertosa di Firenze: Santa FeCertosa di Firenze: photos of the abbey site by Stephen Tobin
Buildings and structures completed in 1343
Christian monasteries established in the 1340s
Cistercian monasteries in Spain
Monasteries in Aragon
1341 establishments in Europe
History of Zaragoza
14th-century establishments in Spain
Buildings and structures in Zaragoza
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