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THE CISTERCIAN ABBEY (FOR NUNS) OF SANTA MARIA DEL SALVADOR "El monasterio de la luz" CAÑAS (LA RIOJA) - FOUNDED IN 1170
Cistercian Abbeys of Spain and Portugal Return to Camino de Santiago / Camino Frances Photo and History Galleries
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LINK TO LOTS OF CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF THE FAMOUS TOMB
of Abbess La Beata Urraca Lopez de Haro (1170 – 1262 (92))
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Three Abbots, three Bishops and other funeral mourners grace the Chapter House tomb of Abbess La Beata Urraca Lopez de Haro (1170 – 1262 (92)) (Abbess from 1225).
LINK TO LOTS OF CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF THE TOMB
and some other memorable tombs in Spain and Portugal
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The room also contains the sepulchral slabs from the tombs of four other abbesses between 1268 and 1358, carved, in the traditional tribute to abbots and abbesses, with reliefs of their croziers
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A special cloister capital |
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This smallish painted relief depicting the last supper is part of the screen behind the (west facing) church altar and is a triumph of workmanship and the power of the Nikon 18-200 VR lens.
Link to Last Suppers in Florence
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The Camino near Cañas
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