Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas
- Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas
The Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas is a monastery that lies approximately 1.5 km west of the city of Burgos in Spain. Historically, it has often been the site of many weddings of royal families, both foreign and Spanish, including that of Edward I of England to Eleanor of Castile, for example. It is administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.
The monastery was founded around the year 1180 by Alfonso VIII of Castile. For some time up until the 14th century, it enjoyed many royal privileges granted to it by the king, including exemption from taxes, the lordship of many villages and territories (governed by the monastery's abbess), and the possession of many of the royal families' valued personal items, most of them religious.
In 1199, the monastery was incorporated with the Cistercian Order and became the burial place of the royal family. In 1212, two months before the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, Alfonso VIII created the King's Hospital, with all its dependencies, subject to the Abbess of Las Huelgas.
External links
* [http://www.patrimonionacional.es/en/huelgas/huelgas.htm Patrimonio Nacional | Abbey of Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas]
* [http://www.paradoxplace.com/Photo%20Pages/Spain/Camino_de_Santiago/Burgos/SM_Real_Huelgas/Huelgas_Nunnery.htm Photos of Las Huelgas, its Royal Tombs and Cloisters]
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